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Glazebury Church of England Primary School

Primary · Warrington · WA3 5LZ

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 September 2023

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At a glance

123 pupils · 88% of 139 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.glazebury.eschools.co.uk
URN
146417

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 1.14 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 26 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.14 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 16 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 4 (Children who attend Glazebury CE Primary School Nursery at the time of submitting the application)
3.979 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
89%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school89%
Median of its 12 closest peers59.5%
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
John Donne Church of England Primary SchoolBedford · 129 miles awayNeeds attention29%
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child OkefordBlandford Forum · 177 miles awayNeeds attention43%
Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBridport · 189 miles awayGood67%
Kilham Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolDriffield · 96 miles awayGood89%
Ann Cam Church of England Primary SchoolDymock · 103 miles awayGood67%
St Peter's Church of England Junior SchoolTavistock · 214 miles awayGood52%
Shortlanesend SchoolTruro · 246 miles awayGood65%
Coton-in-the-Elms Cof E Primary SchoolSwadlincote · 62 miles awayGood58%
Wittersham Church of England Primary SchoolTenterden · 217 miles awayGood79%
The South Hykeham Community Primary SchoolLincoln · 81 miles awayGood60%
St James and Ebrington Church of England Primary SchoolChipping Campden · 103 miles awayExpected standard59%
Denbury Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 211 miles awayGood31%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Warrington 74%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Warrington 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 3% (Warrington 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Warrington 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Warrington 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Warrington 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Warrington 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Warrington 5%, England 7%) · White Irish 1% (Warrington 0%, England 0%)

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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
1.2%
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
23
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school

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, 8.7 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 £51,203; 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£7,688
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £70,000; in-year balance +£106,000

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

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.3%62.3%
Social housing9%17.1%
Privately rented12.6%20.5%
Detached houses33.3%22.9%
Flats3.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012476 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£297,50047 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£246,000–£419,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£441,000
Semi-detached (16)£285,000
Terraced (11)£243,000

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

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
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
2an 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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