Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 28 January 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 7 November 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry34 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2022 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2021 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2020 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2019 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2018 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2017 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2016 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2015 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 25 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2022 | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 15 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2020 | 15 | 31 | 2.1 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 14 | 28 | 2.0 | 15 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 15 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2016 | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 19 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2014 | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 12 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 87% · Writing 73% · Maths 80% → all three 73% 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 | 73% | 20% | 107 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 12% | 106 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 77% | 0% | 110 | 105 |
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
- Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · Cheshire West and Chester20251.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · ShropshireGood202350%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · ShropshireRemains Good20231.2applications per place
- 6.9 km · Cheshire EastGood20242.1applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 7.7 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20231.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 8.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good2022
- 8.5 km · Shropshire20263.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 9.0 km · Cheshire West and ChesterSome aspects not as strong20253.8applications per place 0%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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 111285 · 896/3167
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 113 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Tushingham, Tushingham With Grindley Ce Primary School, Whitchurch, SY13 4QS
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources