Lunts Heath Primary School
Wedgewood Drive, Widnes, WA8 9RJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Paton
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 419
- URN
- 111199
- Local authority
- Halton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01514233322
About this school
Lunts Heath Primary School is a community primary school in Widnes. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 419 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 59 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 76% | 84% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 15% | 20% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 86% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 88% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 90% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - | - |
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 Lunts Heath 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 | Halton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 66% | 55.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 56.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 84% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 418 |
| 2023/24 | 418 |
| 2024/25 | 416 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lunts Heath Primary School compares
Lunts Heath Primary School ranked 3rd of 48 primary schools in Halton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 84% | 4.9% | 9.6% | 419 | — |
| Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School | 67% | 3.3% | 7.7% | 414 | 0.2 miles |
| Fairfield Primary School | 68% | 4.4% | 34.3% | 582 | 0.8 miles |
| Moorfield Primary School | 94% | 3.5% | 15.3% | 232 | 0.9 miles |
| St Bede's Catholic Junior School | 62% | 4.4% | 30.9% | 306 | 1.1 miles |
| St Bede's Catholic Infant School | — | 4.2% | 22.1% | 223 | 1.1 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 9.62%
- English as an additional language
- 2.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.93%
- Persistent absence
- 11.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Widnes
-
Fairfield Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Widnes
-
Moorfield Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Widnes
-
St Bede's Catholic Junior School1.1 miles
Primary · Widnes
-
St Bede's Catholic Infant School1.1 miles
Primary · Widnes
Other schools in Widnes
Lunts Heath Primary School ranks 2nd of the 19 ranked primary schools in Widnes.
- All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Cronton Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Ditton Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Primary School Primary
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Halebank CofE Primary School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Kingsway Primary Academy School Primary
- Moorfield Primary School Primary
- Oakfield Community Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Basil's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lunts Heath Primary School teach?
- Lunts Heath Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Widnes.
- Who is the headteacher of Lunts Heath Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lunts Heath Primary School is Mr David Paton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lunts Heath Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lunts Heath Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lunts Heath Primary School?
- Lunts Heath Primary School has 419 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Lunts Heath Primary School full?
- Lunts Heath Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 419 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lunts Heath Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lunts Heath Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lunts Heath Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Lunts Heath Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Lunts Heath Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 84% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lunts Heath Primary School rank locally?
- Lunts Heath Primary School ranked 3rd of 48 primary schools in Halton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lunts Heath Primary School's absence rate?
- Lunts Heath Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lunts Heath Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lunts Heath 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 29 June 2026.