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Oughtrington Primary School

Primary · Lymm · WA13 9EH

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 September 2024

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At a glance

391 pupils · 93% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
13.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://oughtringtoncps.co.uk
URN
148458

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 45 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.50 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.307 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. At its inspection on 24 September 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.50 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 45 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 0.307 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.307 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers71.5%
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
Marus Bridge Primary SchoolWigan · 12 miles awayNo current grade79%
Eynsham Community Primary SchoolWitney · 120 miles awayGood89%
Northowram Primary SchoolHalifax · 36 miles awayGood70%
Kents Hill Junior SchoolBenfleet · 179 miles awayGood77%
Tudor Grange Primary Academy PerdiswellWorcester · 82 miles awayGood68%
The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary SchoolChelmsford · 168 miles awayGood80%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, PurtonSwindon · 127 miles awayGood62%
Great Moor Junior SchoolStockport · 13 miles awayExpected standard83%
Kingmoor Junior SchoolCarlisle · 108 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Dunalley Primary SchoolCheltenham · 103 miles awayGood70%
Taverham VC CE Junior SchoolNorwich · 160 miles awayGood69%
Swindon Village Primary SchoolCheltenham · 102 miles awayGood73%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Warrington 74%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Warrington 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Warrington 5%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Warrington 5%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Warrington 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Warrington 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Warrington 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Warrington 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Warrington 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Warrington 1%, England 2%) · 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)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.3%
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
24.4
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)

52.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.9 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 £55,136; 18.2% 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£6,105
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 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £303,000; in-year balance -£81,000

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.4%62.3%
Social housing8.5%17.1%
Privately rented12.2%20.5%
Detached houses27.5%22.9%
Flats11.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012518 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£367,500210 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£280,000–£465,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (54)£580,000
Semi-detached (77)£370,000
Terraced (44)£332,500
Flat (35)£165,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.49 km, 2026 entry): 82 sales, median £385,000. 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
0an 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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