Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School, Northwich

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils make secure progress through the curriculum from the early years to Year 6."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise pupils' attendance and punctuality."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years curriculum is ambitious and builds on children's individual starting points."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Inclusion sits at the heart of the school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders' ambition for pupils is evident in many aspects of the school's work."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal, social, health and economic education programme has been carefully designed to meet pupils' needs and the community in which they live."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers use consistently high-quality approaches to develop pupils' handwriting to support fluency in writing"; "Leaders should ensure that support in lessons for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is precisely matched to pupils' needs so they can achieve as well as possible".

In its own words: "Are you looking for a school place for September 2027? We invite you and your child to attend one of our Early Years Open Days and School Tours to visit school and meet the Headteacher, staff and the Early Years Team. If you cannot make any of the dates, please let us know and we can arrange another convenient time."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, karate, choir, gardening and knitting.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Saturday 7 November 2026 at 9.30am, an open day on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 10am, an open day on Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 11am and an open day on Tuesday 1 December 2026 at 10am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils at Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 67% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 74% in Cheshire West and Chester and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 87% in reading and 89% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 60 families put Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 111 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School are Charles Darwin Community Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 89% reading, 89% maths); St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 83% reading, 69% maths); Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery (0.7 miles, Good, 88% reading, 82% maths); and Kingsmead Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 83% reading, 74% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School.

13.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 49 pupils (11.7%) received SEN support and 10 (2.4%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School had 26 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Greenbank Rail Station, about 540 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Iron Bridge (ne-bound), 200 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 163 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cheshire West and Chester (71), as is usual near a town centre.

Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School are St Nicholas Catholic High School (0.6 miles); Hartford Church of England High School (0.6 miles); and The County High School, Leftwich (1.4 miles).