Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 10 October 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry65 applications · 39 places offered · 39 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2022 1.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2021 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2020 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2019 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2018 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2017 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2016 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2015 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2014 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 39 | 65 | 1.7 | 39 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 42 | 73 | 1.7 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 96 | 1.6 | 67 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 57 | 92 | 1.6 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 55 | 73 | 1.3 | 54 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 56 | 86 | 1.5 | 56 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 55 | 90 | 1.6 | 54 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 50 | 83 | 1.7 | 48 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 54 | 94 | 1.7 | 49 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 33 | 56 | 1.7 | 32 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 51 | 90 | 1.8 | 50 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 97 | 1.6 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 | 47 | 78 | 1.7 | 47 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 55% · Writing 60% · Maths 58% → all three 40% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 40% | 3% | 103 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 35% | 0% | 101 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 35% | 4% | 101 | 102 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Dee Point Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.9applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20241.5applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.5applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20241.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20241.6applications per place
- 3.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20232.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 111218 · 896/2701
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 485 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Blacon Point Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5NF
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources