Palace Fields Primary Academy
Primary schoolPalace Fields Primary Academy is a primary school in Halton, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 127 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, November 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 26 November 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 77% of pupils at Palace Fields Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Halton and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Halton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)160 m
- Brookvale Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- Hallwood Park Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Inadequate (overall), November 2022, before the school changed, special measures. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
- St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
- Ormiston Bolingbroke AcademySecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 37.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Hillview Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Halton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).