Culcheth Community Primary School
Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 5HH
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Culcheth Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Dodd
- Constituency
- Warrington North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 217
- URN
- 111180
- Local authority
- Warrington
About this school
Culcheth Community Primary School was a community primary school in Warrington. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 217 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Culcheth Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 94% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - |
| Writing progress | +3.20 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.30 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Culcheth Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Warrington average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 79% | 66% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 65% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 66.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 217 |
| 2023/24 | 217 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Culcheth Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.1% | 18.4% | 217 | — |
| Culcheth Community Primary School | 79% | 5% | 18.8% | 216 | 0.0 miles |
| Newchurch Community Primary School | 47% | 4.8% | 22.9% | 204 | 0.6 miles |
| Twiss Green Community Primary School | 68% | 3.2% | 11.5% | 203 | 0.7 miles |
| Glazebury Church of England Primary School | 89% | 4.5% | 17.2% | 123 | 1.3 miles |
| St Lewis Catholic Primary School | 40% | 3.6% | 14.6% | 102 | 1.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.4%
- English as an additional language
- 2.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.1%
- Persistent absence
- 13.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Culcheth Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
Newchurch Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
Twiss Green Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
Glazebury Church of England Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
St Lewis Catholic Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Warrington
Other schools in Warrington
- Alderman Bolton Primary School Primary
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan Primary
- Appleton Thorn Primary School Primary
- Barrow Hall Community Primary School Primary
- Beamont Primary School Primary
- Bewsey Lodge Academy Primary
- Birchwood CofE Primary School Primary
- Bradshaw Primary School Primary
- Brook Acre Community Primary School Primary
- Broomfields Junior School Primary
- Bruche Academy Primary
- Burtonwood Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Culcheth Community Primary School teach?
- Culcheth Community Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Warrington.
- Has Culcheth Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Culcheth Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Culcheth Community Primary School?
- Culcheth Community Primary School had 217 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Culcheth Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 79% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Culcheth Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Culcheth Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.