Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery
Hallwood Park Avenue, Hallwood Park, Runcorn, WA7 2FL
This school is closed (it closed in June 2024).
It was replaced by Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gemma Snell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Weaver Vale
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 209
- Pupils on roll
- 81
- URN
- 111210
- Local authority
- Halton
About this school
Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery was a community primary school in Runcorn. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 81 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 36% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.60 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - |
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 Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery 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 | 33% | 55.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 36% | 56.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 81 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery compares
Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.6% | 72.6% | 81 | — |
| Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery | 57% | 4% | 72.9% | 83 | 0.0 miles |
| Beechwood Primary School | 71% | 4% | 17.8% | 151 | 0.3 miles |
| Woodside Primary School | 68% | 6.3% | 71.2% | 116 | 0.4 miles |
| Hillview Primary School | 54% | 4.7% | 19.3% | 168 | 0.4 miles |
| Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School | 72% | 5.7% | 53.7% | 178 | 0.6 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)
- 72.6%
- English as an additional language
- 2.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.6%
- Persistent absence
- 23.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Runcorn
-
Beechwood Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Runcorn
-
Woodside Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Runcorn
-
Hillview Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Runcorn
-
Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Runcorn
Other schools in Runcorn
- Astmoor Primary School Primary
- Aston by Sutton Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Primary School Primary
- Bridgewater Park Primary School Primary
- Brookvale Primary School Primary
- Castle View Primary School Primary
- Gorsewood Primary School Primary
- Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School Primary
- Hillview Primary School Primary
- Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery teach?
- Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Runcorn.
- Has Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery 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 Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery?
- Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery had 81 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 36% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery'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 8 July 2024.