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Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery

Primary · Warrington · WA5 1BD

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 July 2024

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At a glance

337 pupils · 107% of 315 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
27% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
37.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.evelynstreetschool.co.uk
URN
143064

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 54 families named it first for 44 Reception places, 1.23 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.561 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 2 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.23 first-choice applications per place

44 places offered · 54 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.561 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.561 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

41 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
24%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school90%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
Warrington average68.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Lainesmead Primary School and NurserySwindon · 131 miles awayNeeds attention35%
Hazel Grove Primary SchoolStockport · 21 miles awayGood41%
Burleigh Primary SchoolWaltham Cross · 159 miles awayGood61%
Abbeys Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 123 miles awayGood67%
Culvers House Primary SchoolMitcham · 173 miles awayGood75%
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 119 miles awayRequires improvement72%
The Abbey Primary SchoolNorthampton · 108 miles awayGood72%
Widney Junior SchoolSolihull · 76 miles awayGood80%
Victoria Park Junior SchoolManchester · 14 miles awayGood73%
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolBirmingham · 71 miles awayGood73%
St Botolph's Church of England Primary SchoolGravesend · 183 miles awayGood70%
Drapers' Maylands Primary SchoolRomford · 172 miles awayExpected standard77%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 52% (Warrington 74%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 11% (Warrington 1%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 10% (Warrington 5%, England 1%) · Any other White background 8% (Warrington 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Warrington 2%, England 2%) · Black African 4% (Warrington 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Warrington 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Warrington 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Warrington 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Warrington 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Warrington 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Warrington 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Warrington 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Warrington: 1.12 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 7.09% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

47.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,791; 40% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,405
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £175,000; in-year balance +£193,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier55.8%62.3%
Social housing14.9%17.1%
Privately rented29.3%20.5%
Detached houses13.9%22.9%
Flats12.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van22.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012458 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£185,500212 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£144,000–£225,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£268,000
Semi-detached (77)£215,000
Terraced (111)£156,000
Flat (12)£95,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.90 km, 2026 entry): 186 sales, median £181,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
14an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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