St Bede's Catholic Infant School
Leigh Avenue, Widnes, WA8 6EL
223 pupils · 99% of 225 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Halton
- Free school meals
- 20.2%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 24 October 2023, published 4 December 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 59 | 58 | 143 | 59 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 75 | 78 | 130 | 75 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 66 | 62 | 123 | 66 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 74 | 73 | 144 | 74 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 74 | 76 | 153 | 74 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 75 | 83 | 170 | 75 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 75 | 80 | 179 | 75 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 74 | 85 | 164 | 74 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Bede's Catholic Junior School 0 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Kingsway Primary Academy School 0.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Fairfield Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 0.9 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Ditton Primary School 1.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School 1.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.