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The Bridge School

Alternative provisionAges 11–16Pupil referral unit

Runcorn, WA7 1PW · Halton local authority

Runcorn’s School Grade C− better than 15% of towns in England

How full
68 pupils
113% of its 60 places
Free school meals
82%
82 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Bridge School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 68 pupils for 60 places
  • 82% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, July 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WA7 1) sold for a median £253,747; Runcorn’s is £175,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

61 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
82%England 15.3%
EHC plan
18%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
77.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 34%Boys 66%
Its letter

No letter for The Bridge School

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, July 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Bridge School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in WA7 1, the school’s postcode sector

Runcorn property prices →
£253,747
median sale, 358 sales in 36 months · Runcorn £175,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025WA7 1Runcorn
WA7 1Runcorn

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£340K
Semi-detached
£250K
Terraced
£113K
Flat
£95K
WA7 1Runcorn

Homes in WA7 1 sell for well over Runcorn’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

21 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBA+D−B−B−A−DD−C+A−DA−DB−CDDB−CCB+The Bridge School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Runcorn, WA7 1PW

The Bridge School: common questions

What is The Bridge School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (July 2023).

How much do houses cost near The Bridge School?

Homes in its postcode sector, WA7 1, sold for a median £253,747 over the 36 months to August 2026 (358 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Runcorn’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.