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Whitley Village School

Primary · Warrington · WA4 4QH

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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: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 September 2024

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At a glance

77 pupils · 80% of 96 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
29.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.whitleyprimary.co.uk
URN
149089

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 8 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 2.398 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 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 2.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

8 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.398 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
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 school80%
Median of its 12 closest peers69.5%
Cheshire West and Chester average61.1%
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
Fowlmere Primary SchoolRoyston · 139 miles awayRequires improvement25%
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, OsbaldestonBlackburn · 32 miles awayExpected standard71%
St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary SchoolWilmslow · 14 miles awayGood62%
Linton-on-Ouse Primary SchoolYork · 74 miles awayGood83%
Husthwaite Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 81 miles awayRequires improvement88%
Clent Parochial Primary SchoolClent · 66 miles awayExpected standard100%
Swainswick Church SchoolBath · 132 miles awayOutstanding67%
Kennet Valley Church of England Aided Primary SchoolMarlborough · 136 miles awayGood70%
Wroxton Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 99 miles awayNo current grade69%
Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary SchoolTavistock · 199 miles awayOutstanding69%
Lydden Primary SchoolDover · 219 miles awayNo current grade75%
Dorchester St Birinus Church of England SchoolWallingford · 130 miles awayNo current grade38%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (Cheshire West and Chester 83%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Cheshire West and Chester 0%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Cheshire West and Chester 4%, England 7%)

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)
2.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
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 · Cheshire West and Chester: 1.86 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
20.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 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 £55,059; 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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,293
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 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,000; in-year balance +£93,000

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.6%62.3%
Social housing7.2%17.1%
Privately rented6.3%20.5%
Detached houses51.8%22.9%
Flats1.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018721 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£785,00015 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£662,500–£947,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£925,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.86 km, 2025 entry): 200 sales, median £482,500. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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