Ditton Primary School
Liverpool Road, Widnes WA8 7HD
- Pupils
- 370
- Free school meals
- 47.8%
- SEN
- 18.4%
- EAL
- 7.8%
- Attendance
- 95.7%
- Persistent absence
- 12.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 67% met expected standard (KS2)
Schools in WA8 postcode district
Schools in postcode district WA8. Add your full home postcode below for distance filtering and a your neighbourhood comparison with the wider WA8 area.
Covers: Appleton, Ashley, Bankfield, Brookfields, Central & West Bank, Cronton, Ditton, Fairfield, Farnworth, Halebank, and 7 more areas
Add your home postcode in the green box below. Until then, distances use the centre of WA8. The list starts at 3 miles — you can change that. Not an official school catchment.
Neighbourhood & area context
Three levels help you compare places: your neighbourhood (your full postcode), postcode district WA8 (schools and local averages on this page), and Halton (wider council census and crime — background only, not your street). We only show rows we actually hold.
Add your full home postcode in the green box above to see how your street compares with postcode district WA8 and Halton.
Postcode district WA8
Schools and figures for this postcode district — the same WA8 bucket as the map and school list (before your distance filter).
- Schools in district
- 30 (20 primary, 3 secondary)
- Average attendance
- 94.3%
- Average free school meals
- 35.9%
- Average SEN
- 30%
- Average EAL
- 6.4%
- Deprivation around local schools
- More deprived than average for England
- Average house price
- £189,414 (+3.5% year on year)
- Flood risk
- Low
- Broadband
- Gigabit available (91%+ premises, 300+ Mbps)
- Green space
- Good – parks and playing fields within walking distance
- Council tax
- Typical band A–B
Wider area: Halton
Census and crime for Halton. Useful context for the borough or council — not broken down to your village or street.
- Population
- 128,475
- Households
- 52,726
- Aged under 18
- 21.4%
- Aged 16–64 (approx.)
- 60.0%
- Aged 65+
- 18.6%
- Ethnicity
- White 96%, Mixed 1%, Asian 1%
- Crimes (estimated)
- 20,646
- Crimes per 1,000 (estimated)
- 160.7
About these figures: School data mostly from 2024–25. Wider-area lines use Census 2021 for Halton. Crime figures are rough estimates, not police records for your postcode.
Map of schools in this area
The map shows 30 schools in postcode district WA8. Numbered circles group nearby schools — click to zoom in. Use the list beside the map, a pin, or Show on map on a school card below.
How far from the WA8 centre?
Pick a radius to control which schools appear in the list below. Only schools whose postcode is in WA8 are included — we measure the straight-line distance from WA8 centre. Add your home postcode above to search by distance from your address across nearby districts.
Show schools within:
3 miles is selected by default. Add your home postcode at the top to measure from your address instead of the district centre. Try 1 mile or 1.5 miles for a shorter list, 3 miles for a wider search, or All in district for every WA8 school regardless of distance. Straight-line distance only — not walking, driving, or an official catchment area.
Schools (within 3 miles of WA8 centre)
Sorted by distance from WA8 centre, nearest first. Use the buttons above to change how far out we look, or show the whole of WA8. Each card shows straight-line miles, Ofsted rating and key statistics.
St Bede's Catholic Junior School
Appleton Village, St Bede's Junior School, WIDNES WA8 6EL
- Pupils
- 307
- Free school meals
- 30.9%
- SEN
- 18.9%
- EAL
- 2.9%
- Attendance
- 96.5%
- Persistent absence
- 7.6%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 74% met expected standard (KS2)
St Bede's Catholic Infant School
Leigh Avenue, Widnes WA8 6EL
- Pupils
- 226
- Free school meals
- 22.1%
- SEN
- 17.7%
- EAL
- 3.1%
- Attendance
- 96.8%
- Persistent absence
- 4%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- –
Kingsway Primary Academy School
Kingsway, Widnes WA8 7QS
- Pupils
- 223
- Free school meals
- 76.2%
- SEN
- 31.4%
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- EAL
- 9.9%
- Attendance
- 89.4%
- Persistent absence
- 28.6%
- Admissions
- About average
- Attainment
- 67% met expected standard (KS2)
Fairfield Primary School
Peelhouse Lane, Widnes WA8 6TH
- Pupils
- 594
- Free school meals
- 34.3%
- SEN
- 23.9%
- EAL
- 12.5%
- Attendance
- 95.4%
- Persistent absence
- 11.4%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 82% met expected standard (KS2)
St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Lugsdale Road, Widnes WA8 6DD
- Pupils
- 227
- Free school meals
- 44.6%
- SEN
- 16.7%
- EAL
- 31.3%
- Attendance
- 94.5%
- Persistent absence
- 15.6%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 81% met expected standard (KS2)
Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School
Pit Lane, Widnes WA8 9HS
- Pupils
- 415
- Free school meals
- 7.5%
- SEN
- 10.8%
- EAL
- 0.7%
- Attendance
- 96.9%
- Persistent absence
- 4.1%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 73% met expected standard (KS2)
St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School
St Michael's Road, Widnes WA8 8TD
- Pupils
- 229
- Free school meals
- 46.7%
- SEN
- 27.5%
- EAL
- 6.6%
- Attendance
- 96.6%
- Persistent absence
- 6.4%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 81% met expected standard (KS2)
All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Hough Green Road, Widnes WA8 4PG
- Pupils
- 194
- Free school meals
- 53.1%
- SEN
- 32.5%
- EAL
- 3.6%
- Attendance
- 95%
- Persistent absence
- 14.9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 73% met expected standard (KS2)
Lunts Heath Primary School
Wedgewood Drive, Widnes WA8 9RJ
- Pupils
- 416
- Free school meals
- 9.4%
- SEN
- 12.7%
- EAL
- 2.9%
- Attendance
- 97%
- Persistent absence
- 3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 65% met expected standard (KS2)
Oakfield Community Primary School
Edinburgh Road, Widnes WA8 8BQ
- Pupils
- 307
- Free school meals
- 48.8%
- SEN
- 23.5%
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- EAL
- 6.8%
- Attendance
- 95.2%
- Persistent absence
- 12.7%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 38% met expected standard (KS2)
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Edward Street, Widnes WA8 0BW
- Pupils
- 204
- Free school meals
- 34.3%
- SEN
- 20.6%
- EAL
- 1.5%
- Attendance
- 96.3%
- Persistent absence
- 6.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 78% met expected standard (KS2)
St Basil's Catholic Primary School
Hough Green Road, Hough Green, Widnes WA8 4SZ
- Pupils
- 223
- Free school meals
- 55.2%
- SEN
- 33.2%
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- EAL
- 7.2%
- Attendance
- 95.2%
- Persistent absence
- 14.6%
- Admissions
- Often has places
- Attainment
- 57% met expected standard (KS2)
Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery
Hall Lane, Cronton, Widnes WA8 5DW
- Pupils
- 224
- Free school meals
- 10.8%
- SEN
- 24.1%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- Attendance
- 96.8%
- Persistent absence
- 3.2%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 53% met expected standard (KS2)
St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School
Spinney Avenue, Hough Green, Widnes WA8 8LD
- Pupils
- 178
- Free school meals
- 40.4%
- SEN
- 30.3%
- EAL
- 3.4%
- Attendance
- 97.2%
- Persistent absence
- 8.8%
- Admissions
- About average
- Attainment
- 47% met expected standard (KS2)
Cronton Church of England Primary Academy
Smithy Lane, Cronton, Widnes WA8 5DF
- Pupils
- 233
- Free school meals
- 7.3%
- SEN
- 14.6%
- EAL
- 3%
- Attendance
- 97.2%
- Persistent absence
- 2.7%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 83% met expected standard (KS2)
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School
Clincton View, Widnes WA8 8JN
- Pupils
- 189
- Free school meals
- 23.8%
- SEN
- 12.2%
- EAL
- 2.1%
- Attendance
- 96%
- Persistent absence
- 6.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 78% met expected standard (KS2)
Moorfield Primary School
School Way, Moorfield Road, Widnes WA8 3HJ
- Pupils
- 242
- Free school meals
- 15.3%
- SEN
- 14%
- EAL
- 6.6%
- Attendance
- 96.3%
- Persistent absence
- 8.9%
- Admissions
- About average
- Attainment
- 92% met expected standard (KS2)
Widnes Academy
Cholmondeley Street, Widnes WA8 0EL
- Pupils
- 134
- Free school meals
- 41.8%
- SEN
- 21.6%
- EAL
- 20.9%
- Attendance
- 95.4%
- Persistent absence
- 14.3%
- Admissions
- Often has places
- Attainment
- 71% met expected standard (KS2)
Halebank CofE Primary School
Heathview Road, Halebank, Widnes WA8 8UZ
- Pupils
- 93
- Free school meals
- 61.3%
- SEN
- 30.1%
- EAL
- 5.4%
- Attendance
- 95.2%
- Persistent absence
- 15.7%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 33% met expected standard (KS2)
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
Highfield Road, Widnes WA8 7DW
- Pupils
- 1302
- Free school meals
- 41.4%
- SEN
- 12.2%
- EAL
- 6.4%
- Attendance
- 94.3%
- Persistent absence
- 16.6%
- Admissions
- About average
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 41.3
Wade Deacon High School
Birchfield Road, Widnes WA8 7TD
- Pupils
- 1618
- Free school meals
- 26.6%
- SEN
- 11.4%
- EAL
- 4.5%
- Attendance
- 96%
- Persistent absence
- 8.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 54.2
Ormiston Chadwick Academy
Liverpool Road, Widnes WA8 7HU
- Pupils
- 921
- Free school meals
- 51.4%
- SEN
- 18.1%
- EAL
- 3.8%
- Attendance
- 94.2%
- Persistent absence
- 15.1%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 41.8
Chesnut Lodge Special School
Green Lane, Ditton, Widnes WA8 7HF
- Pupils
- 86
- Free school meals
- 65.9%
- SEN
- 100%
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- EAL
- 3.5%
- Attendance
- 89.4%
- Persistent absence
- 41.1%
- Attainment
- 0% met expected standard (KS2)
Ashley High School
Cawfield Avenue, Widnes WA8 7HG
- Pupils
- 128
- Free school meals
- 59.1%
- SEN
- 100%
- EAL
- 2.3%
- Attendance
- 93.2%
- Persistent absence
- 20.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 11.8
Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School
Dundalk Road, Widnes WA8 8DF
- Pupils
- 59
- Free school meals
- 0%
- SEN
- 10.2%
- EAL
- 11.9%
- Attendance
- –
- Attainment
- –
Birchfield Nursery School
Victoria Avenue, Victoria Avenue, widnes WA8 7TH
- Pupils
- 78
- Free school meals
- 0%
- SEN
- 3.8%
- EAL
- 0%
- Attendance
- –
- Attainment
- –
Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Warrington Road Nursery School
Naylor Road, Warrington Road Childrens Centre, Widnes WA8 0BS
- Pupils
- 58
- Free school meals
- 0%
- SEN
- 10.3%
- EAL
- 10.3%
- Attendance
- –
- Attainment
- –
The Raise Academy
Naylor Road, Widnes WA8 0BS
- Pupils
- 39
- Free school meals
- 69.2%
- SEN
- 100%
- EAL
- 0%
- Attendance
- 69.8%
- Persistent absence
- 70.5%
- Admissions
- Often has places
- Attainment
- –
Brookfields School
Moorfield Road, Widnes WA8 3JA
- Pupils
- 131
- Free school meals
- 50.4%
- SEN
- 100%
- EAL
- 3.8%
- Attendance
- 93.8%
- Persistent absence
- 20.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 0% met expected standard (KS2)
Guide to school and area statistics
A short key for the statistics shown on this page for WA8. We have not listed house prices, broadband, green space or similar extras here unless they appear in the neighbourhood and area context section.
School listings
What you see on each school card
Only fields that appear on at least one school on this page are listed. Hover a stat row when you see a question mark for a one-line reminder.
- School type
- How the school is run — for example academy, council-maintained, voluntary aided or free school.
- Trust
- The multi-academy trust or sponsor running the school, where it is an academy.
- Age range
- Year groups on roll — for example 4–11 for primary, or 11–18 with sixth form.
- Ofsted
- Latest published inspection grade, inspection date where we have it, and a link to the school’s page on the Ofsted reports site.
- Straight-line miles
- Distance as the crow flies from your home postcode when you have entered one, otherwise from the middle of this district. Not walking or driving time.
- Walking, cycling and park-and-stride hints
- Rough bands from straight-line miles: about 1 mile or less may suit walking; about 1–2.5 miles we show cycling and park-and-stride; over about 2.5 miles park-and-stride only. Not checked routes or journey times.
- Pupils
- Number of pupils on roll from published school census data.
- Free school meals
- Share of pupils eligible for free school meals.
- SEN
- Share of pupils with SEN support or an Education, Health and Care plan.
- SEN provision
- Extra on-site support such as a resourced provision or SEN unit.
- English as an additional language (EAL)
- Share of pupils whose first language is not English, where recorded.
- Attendance
- Share of possible sessions attended. Higher is better.
- Persistent absence
- Share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions. Lower is better.
- Admissions pressure
- Indicative label from recent applications versus places — oversubscribed, about average or often has spaces.
- Attainment
- Primary: share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (Key Stage 2). Secondary: Progress 8. A dash means nothing was published for that school.
- Attainment vs local
- Compares each school’s headline to others of the same phase on this page — above, below or about average for the district.
Area overview
What you see in the area overview
Matches the two blocks above — postcode district first, then the wider council area.
- Area rating (stars)
- A simple 1–5 guide from deprivation around schools here — not Ofsted grades. Recorded crime can nudge the score when we have it; estimates do not.
- Schools in district
- How many schools are in this postcode district, split by primary and secondary.
- Average attendance
- Mean attendance across schools here with published absence data.
- Average free school meals
- Mean free school meals eligibility across schools here with published data.
- Average SEN
- Mean SEN percentage across schools here with published data.
- Average EAL
- Mean English as an additional language percentage where published.
- Deprivation
- How deprived neighbourhoods around schools here are compared with England (official deprivation index, shown as bands 1–10 where 1 is most deprived and 10 is least deprived).
- Average house price
- Typical sold prices for this postcode district where we have them — street-by-street prices vary.
- Flood risk
- Indicative summary — check Environment Agency maps for a specific address.
- Broadband
- General picture of speeds and availability — check with providers at your address.
- Green space
- Brief summary of access to parks or countryside nearby.
- Council tax
- Typical band for the area — your exact band depends on the property.
- Your home neighbourhood
- When you enter your full home postcode, we compare deprivation for your small area with the typical area around schools in this district.
- Population, households, ethnicity and age
- Census figures for the local council area — not your street or this postcode district alone.
- Crime figures
- Often a rough council-wide estimate, not police records for your postcode. Badges compare to the national average when we have recorded data.
Using this page
Using this page
Tools on this page for narrowing schools and understanding distances.
- Distance filter
- Controls which schools appear in the list — 1, 1.5, 2 or 3 miles, or every school in this district. Not an admissions catchment.
- About these figures
- School and Ofsted data from official releases. The area overview splits postcode-district figures from wider council context, with dates at the bottom of that panel.