Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School
Collin Street, Warrington, WA5 1TG
This school is closed (it closed in June 2026).
It was replaced by Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Miss Jane Hodgkinson
- Diocese
- Diocese of Liverpool
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Warrington South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 172
- URN
- 111299
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Website
- School website
About this school
Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School was a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Warrington. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 172 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 21 March 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 23 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 74% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 17% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 87% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 83% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 87% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 110.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.60 | - | - |
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 Warrington St Barnabas CofE 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 | 69% | 66% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 65% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 66.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 161 |
| 2023/24 | 169 |
| 2024/25 | 174 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 3.8% | 45.4% | 172 | — |
| Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | 42% | 4.1% | 22.7% | 189 | 0.3 miles |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School | 48% | 5% | 26.9% | 192 | 0.3 miles |
| Bewsey Lodge Academy | — | — | — | 328 | 0.5 miles |
| Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery | 90% | 4.3% | 28.8% | 337 | 0.5 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)
- 45.4%
- English as an additional language
- 59.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.77%
- Persistent absence
- 6.21%
Location
Nearby schools
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Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Warrington
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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Warrington
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St Alban's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Warrington
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Bewsey Lodge Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery0.5 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 ages does Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School teach?
- Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Warrington.
- Has Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Warrington St Barnabas CofE 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 many pupils are at Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School?
- Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School had 172 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Warrington St Barnabas CofE 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 30 June 2026.