Beechwood Primary School, Runcorn
Beechwood Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 5 to 11 in Runcorn. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in December 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in January 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 7th-highest of the 29 schools in Runcorn with published results, and 3,012th of 14,452 across England. It was 96% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2015)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Halton (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Beechwood Primary School in detail
Beechwood Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils at Beechwood Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 86% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Halton and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 70% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Beechwood Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 21 families put Beechwood Primary School as their first choice and 58 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Beechwood Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Beechwood Primary School are Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery (0.3 miles, 71% reading, 86% maths); Hillview Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 82% reading, 75% maths); Woodside Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 82% reading, 91% maths); and Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 75% reading, 72% maths).
Beechwood Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.
Hallwood Park Primary School and NurseryHillview Primary SchoolWoodside Primary SchoolOur Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School
What parents say
69 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Beechwood Primary School (as of September 2025): 96% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 40% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (99%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (40%).
Who goes there
0.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 19 pupils (12.6%) received SEN support and 15 (9.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Beechwood Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 8 places, 7 pupils on roll.
Staffing
Beechwood Primary School had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Frodsham Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beechwood, 50 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Beechwood Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Beechwood Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Beechwood Primary School are Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy (0.6 miles), The Heath School (0.9 miles) and Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy (1.4 miles).
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England AcademyThe Heath SchoolOrmiston Bolingbroke Academy
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from December 2015, 10 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's January 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Beechwood is a nurturing school where your child will be happy and well-behaved. The school teaches reading exceptionally well and provides excellent support for children who need extra help. Your child will have access to lots of clubs and activities including music lessons, sports teams, and coding - giving them a real breadth of experiences beyond the classroom.
Key Strengths
- Strong phonics programme with excellent support for struggling readers
- Effective identification and support for pupils with SEND who learn the same ambitious curriculum
- Wide range of engaging extra-curricular clubs including sports, music, and coding
- Clear curriculum expectations with yearly end points for each subject
- Good behaviour, attendance, and positive school culture where pupils feel safe and nurtured
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils struggle to recall knowledge over the long-term in some subjects
- Assessment checks don't consistently spot errors and misconceptions quickly enough
- Some pupils repeat basic errors in spelling and handwriting that aren't corrected swiftly
- Need to improve strategies for helping pupils retain and retrieve prior knowledge
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with staff maintaining a positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Coding club, cooking club, sporting clubs and competitions, musical instrument lessons, musical performances
Beechwood Primary School has maintained its good standards since the previous inspection. Pupils are well-looked after, happy, and behave well, with access to a broad curriculum and rich extra-curricular opportunities.
At a Glance
20.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: Speech and language
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
69 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 70% to 86% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 70% to 86% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 86% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
19.3
Avg class size
22.0
Infant (KS1)
22.0
KS2
6
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Beechwood Primary School
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Beechwood Primary School.
- Kid's Space Limited560m away · Not yet graded
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Beechwood Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Beechwood Primary School is in Halton; for families living there:
Apply to Halton for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 19
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 16 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Halton is 9.5 (the median across 70 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Beechwood Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
96%
Near capacity
152 pupils
158 places
6 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Runcorn
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Runcorn
Across Halton council
Places available
1,555
Applications
1,158
Got 1st preference
93.4%
Got preferred school
98.7%
All primary applications across Halton council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(8)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
19
SEN Support
15
EHC Plans
22.5%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Beechwood Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 8 places, 7 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
151
Total Pupils
79
Boys
72
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
11
Teachers
13.7:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£46,077
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,811
Per pupil
£978k
Total funding
£38k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.0%
Overall absence
8.3%
Persistent absence
132
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Beechwood Primary School
Questions parents ask about Beechwood Primary School
What are SATs results like at Beechwood Primary School?
Of the pupils at Beechwood Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 86% reached the expected standard in reading and 86% did so in maths.
What is Beechwood Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Beechwood Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in December 2015, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Beechwood Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Beechwood Primary School is oversubscribed, Halton allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Beechwood Primary School?
Beechwood Primary School was close to full in 2025, at 96% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at Beechwood Primary School?
Classes at Beechwood Primary School average 19.3 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Beechwood Primary School?
Beechwood Primary School has around 151 pupils on roll. 21% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Beechwood Primary School have specialist SEN provision?
Beechwood Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 8 places, 7 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Beechwood Primary School?
4% of sessions were missed at Beechwood Primary School in 2024/25. 8.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Beechwood Primary School?
Apply through Halton's coordinated admissions process, naming Beechwood Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Beechwood Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Beechwood Primary School: Kid's Space Limited (560m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Beechwood Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 16 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Halton is 9.5 (the median across 70 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Beechwood Primary School?
Beechwood Primary School is at Grasmere Drive, Beechwood, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2TT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)