Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School
Firdale Road, Firdale Park, Northwich, CW8 4AZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Robin Cole
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 420
- URN
- 111212
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0160674371
About this school
Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School is a community primary school in Northwich. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 420 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 46 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 78% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 13% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 87% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 89% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 83% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| 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 Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery 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 | Cheshire West and Chester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 57.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 78% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 381 |
| 2023/24 | 398 |
| 2024/25 | 406 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School compares
Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School ranked 72nd of 116 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 3.9% | 13.2% | 420 | — |
| Charles Darwin Community Primary School | 75% | 5.1% | 27% | 331 | 0.3 miles |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School | 62% | 5.1% | 9.6% | 191 | 0.6 miles |
| Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery | 77% | 5% | 6.6% | 442 | 0.7 miles |
| Kingsmead Primary School | 66% | 3.2% | 6.7% | 308 | 0.8 miles |
| Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School | 35% | 6.2% | 33.3% | 219 | 1.0 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 May 2026
- 2 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.15%
- English as an additional language
- 6.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.91%
- Persistent absence
- 6.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Charles Darwin Community Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Northwich
-
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Northwich
-
Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Northwich
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Kingsmead Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Northwich
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Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Northwich
Other schools in Northwich
Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School ranks 17th of the 24 ranked primary schools in Northwich.
- Antrobus St Mark's CofE Primary School Primary
- Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Charles Darwin Community Primary School Primary
- Comberbach Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Cuddington Primary School Primary
- Davenham CofE Primary School Primary
- Great Budworth CofE Primary School Primary
- Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Hartford Primary School Primary
- Kingsmead Primary School Primary
- Leftwich Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Northwich.
- Who is the headteacher of Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School is Mr Robin Cole, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery 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 Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School?
- Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School has 420 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School full?
- Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School has capacity for 420 pupils and 420 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 Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- How have Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School rank locally?
- Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School ranked 72nd of 116 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery 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 15 July 2026.