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The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 2–7Community

Warrington, WA4 3DB · Warrington local authority

Warrington’s School Grade A− better than 81% of towns in England

Getting in
42/42
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
231 pupils
64% of its 360 places
Free school meals
14%
14 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 231 pupils for 360 places
  • 14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, June 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (42 of 42)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WA4 3) sold for a median £335,000; Warrington’s is £242,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

42
families put it first for September 2026
60
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Warrington council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Warrington council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Warrington, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.68 per place
55% got their first choice
1.50 per place
67% got their first choice
1.30 per place
77% got their first choice
1.23 per place
81% got their first choice
1.17 per place
85% got their first choice
1.17 per place
82% got their first choice
1.13 per place
85% got their first choice
1.11 per place
90% got their first choice
1.10 per place
90% got their first choice
The Cobbs Infant and Nursery
0.70 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

248 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
10.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

No letter for The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

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.

Report card, inspection starting June 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, April 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School

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

Home prices in WA4 3, the school’s postcode sector

Warrington property prices →
£335,000
median sale, 221 sales in 36 months · Warrington £242,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K2010201520202025WA4 3Warrington
WA4 3Warrington

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£663K
Semi-detached
£342K
Terraced
£267K
Flat
£113K
WA4 3Warrington

Homes in WA4 3 sell for well over Warrington’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

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+BBA−C+C−A+A−B−ABC−CA−The Cobbs Infant and Nurser…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Warrington, WA4 3DB

The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 42 families put The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 60 places were offered in all.

What is The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (June 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, WA4 3, sold for a median £335,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (221 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; Warrington’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.