Best Primary Schools in Widnes

We checked all 20 primary schools in Widnes, Halton, and list every one: 19 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked: 20
Ranked: 19
Without a rank: 1

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Widnes. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Widnes also has 3 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Halton. Halton also has rankings for Runcorn.

Ranked primary schools in Widnes

Rank 1
Lunts Heath Primary School
Local authority maintained, 419 pupils, inspected October 2024
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
Expected standard
84%
Higher standard
20%
Rank 2
Moorfield Primary School
Local authority maintained, 232 pupils, inspected October 2019
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
94%
Higher standard
12%
Rank 3
St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Local authority maintained, 236 pupils, inspected January 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Expected standard
77%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 4
Cronton Church of England Primary Academy
Academy, 233 pupils, inspected March 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
65%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 5
Fairfield Primary School
Local authority maintained, 582 pupils, inspected January 2015
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
68%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 6
Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery
Local authority maintained, 216 pupils, inspected November 2018
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
68%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 7
Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School
Local authority maintained, 414 pupils, inspected July 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
67%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 8
St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School
Academy, 167 pupils, inspected July 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
75%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 9
St Bede's Catholic Junior School
Local authority maintained, 306 pupils, inspected February 2020
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
62%
Higher standard
19%
Rank 10
St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School
Local authority maintained, 253 pupils, inspected May 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
72%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 11
St Basil's Catholic Primary School
Local authority maintained, 223 pupils, inspected September 2019
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
62%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 12
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Local authority maintained, 204 pupils, inspected November 2013
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
57%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 13
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School
Local authority maintained, 190 pupils, inspected September 2019
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
61%
Higher standard
6%
Rank 14
Widnes Academy
Academy, 127 pupils, inspected January 2018
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
43%
Higher standard
9%
Rank 15
All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Local authority maintained, 182 pupils, inspected September 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
46%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 15
Ditton Primary School
Academy, 322 pupils, inspected October 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
54%
Higher standard
2%
Rank 17
Kingsway Primary Academy School
Academy, 214 pupils, inspected September 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
52%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 18
Halebank CofE Primary School
Local authority maintained, 89 pupils, inspected September 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
46%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 19
Oakfield Community Primary School
Local authority maintained, 291 pupils, inspected February 2026
Report card: Needs attention to strong standard
Expected standard
33%
Higher standard
5%

Primary schools in Widnes without a rank

St Bede's Catholic Infant School
Local authority maintained, 223 pupils, inspected October 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding