Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery

About Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery

Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery is clearly a school that local families want to get into. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 80 applications for just 45 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.78. Of those 80 applications, 48 were first-preference choices, and all 45 places went to first-preference families. That level of demand is a strong signal of parent satisfaction, and it is backed up by the school’s Outstanding Ofsted rating, which it has held across both its most recent inspections. The most recent graded inspection, in July 2024, awarded top marks across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. With 341 pupils on roll against a capacity of 315, the school is running above its official capacity, which further underscores its popularity in the Warrington area.

Academically, Evelyn Street is performing well above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 91% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Warrington local authority average of 69%. That puts the school 4th out of 55 primary schools in the borough, and in the top 5% nationally. Looking at the individual subjects, 95% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, 93% in maths, and 91% in writing. At the higher standard, 36% achieved the combined measure, with 57% hitting the higher bar in reading and 57% in maths. Average scaled scores were 110 in both reading and maths, comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. The school’s ranking score of 91 places it just behind Bruche Primary School Academy, Stretton St Matthew’s CofE Primary School, and Chapelford Village Primary School in the local league table.

The school offers a broad range of facilities, including an art studio, ICT suite, sports hall, library, forest school, playing fields and a chapel. Sports on offer include gymnastics, swimming, tennis, athletics, dance and netball, while clubs range from chess and choir to gardening, film club, drama and eco club. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, and autistic spectrum disorder. The nursery provision means children can join from age two. Given its strong academic outcomes, high demand for places, and the full set of Outstanding grades from Ofsted, this is a school that will particularly suit families who prioritise a proven track record in core subjects alongside a well-stocked extracurricular programme.

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