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Voluntary controlled school · Cheshire West and Chester

Willaston CofE Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 212Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 111245URN

Neston Road, Willaston, Neston, CH64 2TN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
close to Cheshire West and Chester median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester

70 applications for 30 places · 35th of 104 in Cheshire West and Chester
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
67%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 28 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 28 February 2024
    Graded inspection: Outstanding
  2. 1 December 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.3applications per place, Reception
close to Cheshire West and Chester median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

70 applications · 30 places offered · 36 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  13. 2014 2.0; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630702.3361.20
Sep 202530772.6441.47
Sep 202430642.1321.07
Sep 202330521.7301.00
Sep 202226491.9261.00
Sep 202119502.6180.95
Sep 202030501.7280.93
Sep 201930602.0280.93
Sep 201827461.7230.85
Sep 201727562.1220.81
Sep 201630521.7311.03
Sep 201528582.1250.89
Sep 201430612.0371.23

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 73% · Maths 70% → all three 67% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard67%41st of 113 in Cheshire West and Chester
Reading
Expected standard90%
Higher standard33%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth20%
Maths
Expected standard70%
Higher standard33%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cheshire West and Chester median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2567%20%108106
2023/2481%31%110107
2022/2369%13%108103

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

  • 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
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
111245 · 896/3101
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 212 on roll
Free school meals
2.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Neston Road, Willaston, Neston, CH64 2TN
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources