Community school · Primary
Widnes · WA8 9RJ · Halton
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 111394
Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Widnes · WA8 9HS
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
414
Local authority
Halton
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- 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 voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Widnes, Halton, 414 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Liverpool.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 111394
Location
- Address
- Pit Lane
- Postcode
- WA8 9HS
- Town
- Widnes
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Halton
- District
- Halton
- 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
- 414
- Boys / girls
- 226 / 188
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 414 / 420 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 7%
- FSM pupils
- 29
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Liverpool
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Stephanie Kidd
- Telephone
- 01514243042
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
Good
Inspection date
2023-07-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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)
- 72%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 2%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0