Voluntary aided school · Primary
WIDNES · WA8 6EL · Halton
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 111372
St Bede's Catholic Infant School
Voluntary aided school · Widnes · WA8 6EL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–7
Pupils
223
Local authority
Halton
Age range
Ages 5–7
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 aided school (primary), Ages 5–7, in Widnes, Halton, 223 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 20.2%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Liverpool.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 111372
Location
- Address
- Leigh Avenue
- Postcode
- WA8 6EL
- 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
- 223
- Boys / girls
- 116 / 107
- School capacity
- 225
- Capacity fill
- 223 / 225 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 20.2%
- FSM pupils
- 45
- 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
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Jacqueline Coughlan
- Telephone
- 01514243112
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
2023-10-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes