Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School

Ofsted judged Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in March 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.

Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School has 139 pupils on roll.

In 2024-25, 53% of pupils at the end of primary school (key stage 2) reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.

Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School admits pupils aged 2 to 11.

Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School is located in Runcorn, WA7 6EP, Halton.

Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

When Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in Public Care — Children in Public Care Looked after children (often known as in care or LAC) or children who were previously looked after (PLAC), but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. This includes children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (IAPLAC); 2. Siblings — Siblings Pupils with elder brothers or sisters, including half brothers and sisters, and unrelated children living together as part of the same household, already attending the school and expected to continue at the school in the following year; 3. Distance — Distance Pupils living nearest to the school defined as a straight-line measurement from the unique address point of the child’s permanent residence to the unique address point of the school. The school offers 30 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Straight-line measurement between the unique address points of the home and the school; where two applicants tie to two decimal places in METRES, the admission system's random allocation function decides.

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 84.9% of pupils at Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.