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Westbrook Old Hall Primary School

Primary · Warrington · WA5 9QA

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Needs attention

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: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Needs attentionInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 12 May 2026 · report published 28 June 2026

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At a glance

296 pupils · 70% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
27.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
23% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.westbrookoldhall.co.uk
URN
145389

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.025 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 12 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 29 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. Places by distance, last offered at 1.025 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.025 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
44%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school44%
Median of its 12 closest peers54.5%
Warrington average68.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
St Edward's Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · 22 miles awayRequires improvement54%
Torre Church of England AcademyTORQUAY · 206 miles awayStrong standard84%
Whitchurch CofE Junior AcademyWhitchurch · 30 miles awayGood50%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, ChorleyChorley · 18 miles awayGood74%
Shawlands Primary SchoolBarnsley · 48 miles awayGood64%
Aycliffe Drive Primary SchoolHemel Hempstead · 145 miles awayNo current grade51%
St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPreston · 23 miles awayRequires improvement52%
Russells Hall Primary SchoolDudley · 65 miles awayGood41%
Brambles Primary AcademyHuddersfield · 38 miles awayGood56%
Castleton Primary SchoolRochdale · 23 miles awayExpected standard55%
Jewell Academy BournemouthBournemouth · 186 miles awayGood57%
St Brendan's Catholic Primary SchoolCorby · 101 miles awayGood37%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 69% (Warrington 74%, England 60%) · Asian Chinese 10% (Warrington 5%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Warrington 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Warrington 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Warrington 2%, England 4%) · Any other White background 3% (Warrington 5%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Warrington 1%, England 5%) · Black African 1% (Warrington 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Warrington 2%, England 3%) · 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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.42 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
20
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

6.34% 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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 23.1 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 £50,781; 13.3% 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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health43%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier46.4%62.3%
Social housing43.7%17.1%
Privately rented9.9%20.5%
Detached houses32.4%22.9%
Flats31.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van29.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012570 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£265,000275 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£195,000–£365,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (120)£375,000
Semi-detached (83)£215,000
Terraced (61)£175,000
Flat (11)£155,000

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 (1.65 km, 2026 entry): 895 sales, median £235,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an 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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