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Weston Point Primary Academy

Primary · Runcorn · WA7 4EQ

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Inadequate

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.

Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 15 November 2022. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.

Quality of education: InadequateBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: InadequateSafeguarding effective: No

Inspected 15 November 2022

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At a glance

82 pupils

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
36.6% of pupils
English as additional language
4.7% of pupils
SEN support
21.2% of pupils
EHC plan
11.8% of pupils
URN
150204

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

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

Cutoff by admission criterion (2020 entry)

Distance
385.49 m (≈0.24 mi)

2020 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
25%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
96
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school25%
Median of its 12 closest peers41%
Halton average60.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Bedmond AcademyAbbots Langley · 148 miles awayExpected standard33%
Madresfield CofE Primary SchoolMalvern · 85 miles awayGood50%
Ruardean Church of England Primary SchoolRuardean · 102 miles awayGood23%
Cornwood Church of England Primary SchoolIvybridge · 207 miles awayRequires improvement56%
Castle Acre Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn · 149 miles awayGood (2018)33%
Newbold and Tredington CofE Primary SchoolShipston-on-Stour · 97 miles awayNeeds attention60%
North Elmham Church of England Primary Academy & NurseryDereham · 158 miles awayRequires improvement33%
St Augustine's Catholic Voluntary AcademyStamford · 105 miles awayGood60%
Narborough Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn · 145 miles awayGood (2018)44%
Woodcote Primary SchoolAshby-de-la-Zouch · 66 miles awayGood20%
Townley Primary SchoolWisbech · 134 miles awayGood38%
Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw MoorDurham · 110 miles awayRequires improvement60%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
8 of 8 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.2%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
13.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£11,835
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.4%62.3%
Social housing6.8%17.1%
Privately rented20.8%20.5%
Detached houses9.1%22.9%
Flats1.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.9%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01012417 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 999 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£156,000130 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£131,000–£227,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£371,000
Semi-detached (57)£162,000
Terraced (49)£135,000
Flat (6)£126,000

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

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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 5.8
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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