Great Sankey Primary School

State-Funded School

great-sankey-primary-school-warrington-north-west

North WestRegion

WarringtonLocal Authority

Warrington SouthConstituency

WA5 1SBPostcode

8.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Great Sankey Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Warrington, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 350 pupils. Great Sankey Primary School is part of The Challenge Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 25 Nov 2025 · published 26 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 79%
Higher standard: 21%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

350

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 350
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: The Challenge Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 16 September 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
20 Feb 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.