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Dallam Community Primary School

Ofsted: Good · June 2023State primary · 2 to 11Mixed265 pupils
Boulting Avenue, Dallam, Warrington, WA5 0JG
COULD YOUR CHILD GET A PLACE? · RECEPTION 2027

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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.
38thof 67 in Warrington
Top 40%in England
Lower halfband
Inspection
Good, June 2023
Getting in
Last offer 0.36 mi (2026)
Results
68% expected standard; 10% higher standard
Size
265 pupils; 29 places a year; classes of 17
Run by
The Challenge Academy Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
2 to 11 · Mixed
Ofsted, June 2023The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Sessions missed: 6.6%, against 4.0% in Warrington.
  • Persistently absent: 16.3%, against 6.7% in Warrington.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 2.5, 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.
68%
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.
10%
In line with 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.
6.6%
Worse than Warrington
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
16.3%
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.
2.5
Worse than Warrington
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
17.2
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
48%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
14.8
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.
1.0
In line with 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

  • 29 families put it first for 29 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

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 13 June 2023
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 68% (England 62%) (county 68%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 10% (England 8%) (county 10%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 6.6% of sessions missed; 16% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 3 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 17.2 pupils; 14% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 14.8 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 139 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 6 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 10.6 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.6 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • The Challenge Academy Trust, with 14 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined August 2024
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 August 2024 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Dallam Community Primary School (URN 110972) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 June 2024
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

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 →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
2 mi10
20242026

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception202630—30—0.36
Reception202530—27——
Reception202430—30—1.54
Reception202330—27——
Reception202230—30——
Reception202130—30——

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
Reception202629294129
Reception202526253625

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 standard68%62%68%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard10%8%10%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableBandEnglandCouncil
Primary (key stage 2)Lower half5,889 of 14,81738 of 67

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

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
13 June 2023Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2023.

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
2024/256.6%4.0%2.5%16%2.5%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

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 (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/252.50.7%70
Schools with a similar intake2.2

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

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size17.22025/26
Classes over 30 pupils14%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher14.8November 2025

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

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus139

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
20251
20241
20231
20223
20210

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 2 involved a pedestrian, 2 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO210.62024
PM1010.62024
PM256.62024

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 meals48%2025/26
First language other than English32%2025/26
SEN support31%2025/26
Education, health and care plan16%2025/26
Girls51%2025/26

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

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • The Challenge Academy Trust, with 14 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined August 2024
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 August 2024 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Dallam Community Primary School (URN 110972) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 June 2024
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

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 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
  • Ofsted
  • 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.