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Thelwall Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Pelham Road, Thelwall, Warrington WA4 2HF · thelwallinfantschool.co.uk · 01925 267172
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 140
- 5 over 135 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.8%
- First language not English
- 8.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 28 families put the school first and 31 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 31 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Thelwall Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2008
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111168), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111168)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 39
- 35% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied