Primary schools in Widnes
20 primary schools in Widnes, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Widnes in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 19 schools in Widnes first 539 times for 543 places: 0.99 first choices per place. One of the 19 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Lunts Heath Primary School, to 0.78 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Cronton Church of England Primary Academy
- Lunts Heath Primary School
- St Bede's Catholic Infant School
- All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Ditton Primary School
- Fairfield Primary School
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School
- Halebank CofE Primary School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery
- Kingsway Primary Academy School
- Moorfield Primary School
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School
- St Basil's Catholic Primary School
- St Bede's Catholic Junior School
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
- St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School
- St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School
- Widnes Academy
- Oakfield Community Primary School
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