Wedgewood Drive, Widnes, Cheshire WA8 9RJ
10 reasons to choose Lunts Heath Primary School
Top line
Lunts Heath Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Widnes and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Lunts Heath Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2014) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Lunts Heath Primary School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Lunts Heath Primary School ranks in the top 38% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress scores have been variable around the national average, possibly reflecting different cohorts’ ability profiles. Most pupils go on to Wade Deacon High School, Sts Peter & Paul RC High School or Ormiston Chadwick Academy at the end of Year 6.
The Lunts Heath Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, sleepovers from Year 3 and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Lunts Heath Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. School Games Mark Gold Award.
The Arts at Lunts Heath Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.40/8.45am to 3.10/3.15pm though after school clubs can extend the day.
Find another school near Lunts Heath Primary School
Tower College, Pre-Prep, Lower & Middle (2.3 miles); Carleton House Preparatory School (8.7 miles).
St Bede’s Catholic Junior School, Widnes (1.4 miles); St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School, Penketh (3.3 miles); Halewood Church of England Primary School (5.4 miles).
Tower College (2.3 miles); Christian Fellowship School (10.3 miles); Auckland College (10.8 miles).
Wade Deacon High School (1.2 miles); Rainhill High School (3 miles); Great Sankey High School (3.9 miles).