Evelyn Street, Warrington, Cheshire WA5 1BD
10 reasons to choose Evelyn Street Community Primary School
Top line
Evelyn Street Community Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 72. It is one of the best state primary schools in Warrington and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 4 miles.
School fundamentals
Evelyn Street Community Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 7 members of Warrington Primary Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Evelyn Street Community Primary School has nine classes from Reception, some mixed-age, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Evelyn Street Community Primary School ranks in the top 5% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 2% of schools.
The Evelyn Street Community Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. 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 and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Evelyn Street Community Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Evelyn Street Community 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 staggered by age group from 8.30/8.50am to 3.00/3.20pm. Out of hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
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