Report card · inspected Nov 2025
- 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong 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
- 25 November 2025Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 21 November 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 entry39 applications · 26 places offered · 23 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 1.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 1.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 1.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2022 1.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2021 1.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2020 1.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2019 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2018 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2017 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2016 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2015 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2014 1.5; 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 | 26 | 39 | 1.5 | 23 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 | 35 | 1.3 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 16 | 21 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 37 | 44 | 1.2 | 32 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 | 24 | 32 | 1.3 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 31 | 37 | 1.2 | 28 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 40 | 1.3 | 25 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 | 25 | 37 | 1.5 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 24 | 44 | 1.8 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 26 | 39 | 1.5 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 18 | 27 | 1.5 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 28 | 42 | 1.5 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 19 | 28 | 1.5 | 19 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 78% · Maths 64% → all three 58% 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 | 58% | 0% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 10% | 105 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 42% | 3% | 102 | 101 |
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
- Malpas Alport Endowed Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20251.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good2022
- 5.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterSome aspects not as strong20253.8applications per place 0%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · Cheshire EastGood20242.1applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 7.2 km · Cheshire West and Chester202612.0applications per place
- 8.6 km · ShropshireGood202350%met the SATs standard
- 8.7 km · ShropshireRemains Good20231.2applications per place
- 10.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 50%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
- 111282 · 896/3164
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 261 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Chester Road, Malpas, SY14 8PY
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources