Voluntary aided school · Primary
Widnes · WA8 5DW · Knowsley
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 143456
Cronton Church of England Primary Academy
Academy converter · Widnes · WA8 5DF
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
233
Local authority
Knowsley
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 2–11, in Widnes, Knowsley, 233 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 5.8%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Liverpool.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143456
Location
- Address
- Smithy Lane, Cronton
- Postcode
- WA8 5DF
- Town
- Widnes
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- District
- Knowsley
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 233
- Boys / girls
- 105 / 128
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 233 / 210 (111%)
- Free school meals
- 5.8%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Liverpool
- Governance
- Academy trust: LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Liverpool
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anne-Marie Willis
- Telephone
- 01514243881
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2024-03-26
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 83%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 13%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0