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Bradshaw Primary School

State primary · 4 to 11Mixed159 pupils
Bradshaw Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, WA4 2QN
COULD YOUR CHILD GET A PLACE? · RECEPTION 2027

In 2026 offers reached 2.89 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. England: the same figure across England. Band: Lower half.
35thof 67 in Warrington
Top 36%in England
Lower halfband
Results
70% expected standard; 3% higher standard
Size
159 pupils; 30 places a year; classes of 26
Run by
Omega Multi-academy Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
4 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Higher standard: 3%, against 10% in Warrington.
  • Sessions missed: 5.1%, against 4.0% in Warrington.
  • Persistently absent: 11.0%, against 6.7% in Warrington.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 3.4, against 0.0 in Warrington.
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At a glance

Against Warrington and England
This schoolWarringtonEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
70%
In line with Warrington
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
3%
Worse than Warrington
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
5.1%
Worse than Warrington
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
11.0%
Worse than Warrington
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
3.4
Worse than Warrington
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
26.5
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
21%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
21.2
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.7
Less sought after than Warrington
Warrington and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Guide: what these measures mean →

Overview

Getting in

  • 22 families put it first for 30 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 70% (England 62%) (county 68%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 3% (England 8%) (county 10%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • We hold no inspection judgement for this school.

Daily life

  • Absence: 5.1% of sessions missed; 11% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.3% and 13% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 3 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 26.5 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 21.2 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 86 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 18 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 9.1 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.4 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Omega Multi-academy Trust, with 7 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined April 2024
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 April 2024 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Bradshaw Community Primary School (URN 110989) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2024

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. How places are offered →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception202630—30——
Reception202530—11——
Reception202430—19——
Reception202330—30—2.89
Reception202230—30——
Reception202130—20——

Source: Council offer-day figures: Warrington Borough Council, 2021 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202630226922
Reception202511116511

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2025 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Feeder school rules

Priority at secondary schools

Quoted word for word from the arrangements the school or council published. Check the quote against the school's own current admission policy before you rely on it: rules change each year.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%62%68%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard3%8%10%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableBandEnglandCouncil
Primary (key stage 2)Lower half5,283 of 14,81735 of 67

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Results before and after it became an academy

PeriodYearResult
Before it converted2022/2023Reading, writing and maths 47.0%
Year it converted2023/2024Reading, writing and maths 46.0%
Since2024/2025Reading, writing and maths 70.0%

Source: DfE school performance tables (the earlier school's results are DfE's, under its URN). Different pupils each year, and a change of school type is rarely the only thing that changed.

Warrington league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/255.1%3.9%1.2%11%0.0%
Schools with a similar intake5.3%13%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (20-30%), the median of 3218 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/253.41.7%60
Schools with a similar intake1.3

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size26.52025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher21.2November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus86

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20253
20244
20231
20226
20214

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 3 involved a pedestrian, 4 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO29.12024
PM1010.82024
PM256.42024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals21%2025/26
First language other than English5.7%2025/26
SEN support14%2025/26
Education, health and care plan6.3%2025/26
Girls48%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Omega Multi-academy Trust, with 7 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined April 2024
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 April 2024 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Bradshaw Community Primary School (URN 110989) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2024

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Warrington Borough Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables (the earlier school's results are DfE's, under its URN)
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Warrington and the Warrington league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. All sources.