St Berteline's CofE Primary School
Primary · Runcorn · WA7 6QN
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
We show the lowest of the four areas Ofsted did judge, listed below. Why some schools have no overall grade →
Inspected 1 October 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
252 pupils · 85% of 296 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 151844
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.10 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 1 October 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 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.10 first-choice applications per place30 places offered · 33 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
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)
- Criteria 4
- 718.57 m (≈0.45 mi)
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Runcorn school admissions · Halton school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 91% (Halton 88%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Halton 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Halton 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Halton 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Halton 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Halton 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
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 pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £59,096; 18.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 20.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 23.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 19% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 31.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 36.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 57.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 7.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 11.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 28.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012444 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £205,000179 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £153,000–£271,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of 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
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 1an 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
Nearby schools
- Windmill Hill Primary School
- Bridgewater Park Primary School
- St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool
- Gorsewood Primary School
- Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy