Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School
Primary school in Runcorn, Halton. Requires improvement (Sep 2021).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 29 September 2021, report published 8 December 2021, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Halton Lodge Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around March 2024
The last inspection was in September 2021. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.3 milesThe Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School
Good (Jul 2024)
- 0.4 milesCastle View Primary School
Good (Nov 2022)
- 0.4 milesWoodside Primary School
Report card, May 2026: 4 expected, 3 needs attention
- 0.5 milesPewithall School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Dec 2024)
- 0.8 milesHallwood Park Primary School and Nursery
Inadequate (Nov 2022) Special measures
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.