Penwortham Primary School admissions: how far away places were offered

Reception offers at Penwortham Primary School, year by year

• “No cut-off” means every applicant was offered a place at the school or at a school they ranked higher, so places never ran out on distance.

Things to know before you apply for September 2027

• Less predictable The distance cut-off has moved a lot from year to year (between 491 m and 845 m, or 0.31 and 0.53 miles). Treat past cut-offs here with extra caution.
• The distance cut-off grew from 495 m (0.31 miles) in 2025 to 845 m (0.53 miles) in 2026.
• From 2025 there is one sibling criterion, ranked above the priority area (2025-26 and 2027-28 policies).
• Children with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) naming the school are admitted first.
• In 2023-2026, places for children outside the priority area ran out between 491m and 845m.

Ofsted inspection

At its graded inspection on 19 June 2024, Ofsted’s overall judgement of Penwortham Primary School was Outstanding.

• This inspection was under Ofsted’s previous framework. Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted publishes report cards instead, and says the new grades can’t be compared with the old ones. How Ofsted grades schools
• From Ofsted’s data as at 30 September 2026. An inspection after that date may not be shown yet: the full report on Ofsted’s website is always the latest.

Read the full report on Ofsted’s website Source: Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 30 Sep 2026 (Ofsted, published 16 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Admission criteria at Penwortham Primary School

If more children apply than there are places, the 2026 rules offer places in this order. In 2026, the last places went to children in group 4.

1. Looked-after children and children who were previously looked after (adopted or under a child arrangements or special guardianship order).
2. Children with a brother or sister at the school in Years R-6 at the time of admission (full, step or half siblings at the same address, or fostered children), wherever they live.
3. Other children living within the school's priority area (roads including Nimrod Road, Eardley Road, Aldrington Road and parts of Thrale and Southcroft Roads), nearest first.
4. Other children living outside the priority area, by straight-line distance from home to the centre of the school site.

Where a year’s rules are missing from our data, we use the nearest year’s.

Read the official admission rulesWandsworth Council: admissions policy 2027-28 for Furzedown, Penwortham and Sellincourt Primary Schools. The school’s own published arrangements always take priority over our summary.