St Bede's Catholic Infant School
Voluntary aided schoolPrimaryAges 5–7MixedRoman Catholic
Leigh Avenue, Widnes, WA8 6EL
Headteacher · Miss Jacqueline Coughlan
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Key facts
Pupils223Capacity 225
OfstedOutstandingInspected 24 October 2023
Free school meals20.2%
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded inspection on 24 October 2023.
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.
Reception applications close 15 January 2027
For September 2027. Apply through Halton council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.
How to apply in HaltonApplications for September 2026
All 58 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered59
Applications143
First choice58
First-choice offers58
Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).
Nearby schools for the same ages
- Kingsway Primary Academy School0.3 mi
- Fairfield Primary School0.4 mi
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School0.6 mi
- Ditton Primary School0.8 mi
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School0.9 mi