Academy converter · Primary
Widnes · WA8 5DF · Knowsley
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 104454
Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery
Voluntary aided school · Widnes · WA8 5DW
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
216
Local authority
Knowsley
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas 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 aided school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Widnes, Knowsley, 216 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 9.7%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Liverpool.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 104454
Location
- Address
- Hall Lane, Cronton
- Postcode
- WA8 5DW
- 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
- 216
- Boys / girls
- 120 / 96
- School capacity
- 240
- Capacity fill
- 216 / 240 (90%)
- Free school meals
- 9.7%
- FSM pupils
- 21
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Rooney
- Telephone
- 01514243926
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
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-05-06
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)
- 53%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0