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Park Road Community Primary School

Primary · WARRINGTON · WA5 3EF

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 25 November 2025 · report published 22 January 2026

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At a glance

195 pupils · 93% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.parkroadprimary.co.uk
URN
145387

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 0.288 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 25 November 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 25 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.288 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers71%
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
Manor Farm AcademyLincoln · 86 miles awayGood (2019)73%
West Pennard Church of England Primary SchoolGlastonbury · 156 miles awayGood62%
Edisford Primary SchoolClitheroe · 34 miles awayGood81%
Forsbrook CofE Controlled Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 38 miles awayOutstanding74%
Jerry Clay AcademyWakefield · 51 miles awayOutstanding90%
St Bernard's RC Primary School, BoltonBolton · 14 miles awayGood72%
Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston · 28 miles awayExpected standard64%
Hernhill Church of England Primary SchoolFaversham · 210 miles awayOutstanding70%
Askam Village SchoolAskam-in-furness · 59 miles awayNeeds attention26%
Rode Heath Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 25 miles awayOutstanding84%
Nettlestone Primary SchoolSeaview · 196 miles awayGood62%
Lindhead SchoolScarborough · 111 miles awayGood23%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Warrington 74%, England 60%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Warrington 5%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Warrington 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Warrington 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Warrington 1%, England 5%) · other groups together 2%

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)
3.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.48 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
21.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.2 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 £52,768; 20% 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

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74%62.3%
Social housing19.8%17.1%
Privately rented6.1%20.5%
Detached houses10.5%22.9%
Flats6.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van16.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012491 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£275,000402 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£327,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (114)£385,000
Semi-detached (226)£263,000
Terraced (52)£225,000
Flat (10)£128,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.46 km, 2024 entry): 113 sales, median £260,500. 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
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
10an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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