Callands Community Primary School
Callands Road, Callands, Warrington, WA5 9RJ
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Callands Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Siobhan Bentley
- Constituency
- Warrington North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 418
- Pupils on roll
- 378
- URN
- 111214
- Local authority
- Warrington
About this school
Callands Community Primary School was a community primary school in Warrington. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 378 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Callands Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 63 | 61 | 52 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 74% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 7% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 84% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 80% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 82% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.30 | - | - |
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 Callands 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 | 59% | 66% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 65% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 66.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 409 |
| 2023/24 | 401 |
| 2024/25 | 378 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Callands Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 4.5% | 20.9% | 378 | — |
| Callands Primary Academy | — | — | — | 325 | 0.0 miles |
| Dallam Community Primary School | 68% | 6.6% | 60.2% | 265 | 0.4 miles |
| St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.7 miles |
| Westbrook Old Hall Primary School | 44% | 5.6% | 28.1% | 296 | 0.8 miles |
| Bewsey Lodge Academy | — | — | — | 328 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.9%
- English as an additional language
- 28.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.52%
- Persistent absence
- 10.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Callands Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
Dallam Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
Westbrook Old Hall Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
Bewsey Lodge Academy1.0 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 Callands Community Primary School teach?
- Callands Community Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Warrington.
- Has Callands Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Callands 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 Callands Community Primary School?
- Callands Community Primary School had 378 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Callands Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Callands Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Callands 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 7 July 2025.