Primary school in Widnes, Halton
St Bede's Catholic Infant School
Leigh Avenue, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 6EL
Ofsted
Graded Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 24 October 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 223
- Places
- 225
- How full
- Nearly full — 223 of 225 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 107 / 116
- Overall absence
- 4%
- Persistently absent
- 10%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 22%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- With an EHC plan
- 5%
- On SEN support
- 13%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Halton 007A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 18%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 26%
- Households owning their home
- 30%
- Households in social housing
- 39%
- Households with no car
- 40%
- Adults economically inactive
- 39%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Jacqueline Coughlan
- Local authority
- Halton
- Ward
- Appleton
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- URN
- 111372
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Bede's Catholic Junior SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 62% | 0 mi |
| Kingsway Primary Academy SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 52% | 0.3 mi |
| Fairfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 68% | 0.4 mi |
| St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 77% | 0.6 mi |
| Ditton Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 54% | 0.8 mi |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 57% | 0.9 mi |
| Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 67% | 1 mi |
| Lunts Heath Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 84% | 1.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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