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Voluntary aided school · Cheshire West and Chester

Eccleston CofE Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 91Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 111349URN

Eaton Road, Eccleston, Chester, CH4 9HD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.5per place
1.3 above Cheshire West and Chester median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester

28 applications for 8 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
47%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 31 March 2026Published 14 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsUrgent improvement
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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

  1. 31 March 2026
    Report card · 5 Needs attention, 2 Urgent improvement
  2. 14 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
3.5applications per place, Reception
1.3 above Cheshire West and Chester median (2.2) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

28 applications · 8 places offered · 6 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  2. 2025 3.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  3. 2024 3.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 3.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  8. 2019 5.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  9. 2018 4.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  10. 2017 3.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  13. 2014 3.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
More applications per place than the Cheshire West and Chester median in 12 of 13 years.
  • 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 20268283.560.75
Sep 202514453.2171.21
Sep 202410393.970.70
Sep 202313322.5120.92
Sep 202213332.5110.85
Sep 202113473.6171.31
Sep 202014271.9120.86
Sep 201910585.8161.60
Sep 201813574.4211.62
Sep 20177233.360.86
Sep 201615392.6130.87
Sep 201510242.4101.00
Sep 201412443.7151.25

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 67% · Maths 73% → all three 47% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard47%95th of 113 in Cheshire West and Chester
Reading
Expected standard80%
Higher standard20%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard67%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard73%
Higher standard33%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cheshire West and Chester median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2547%0%107105
2023/2469%8%106104
2022/2363%13%111105

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 aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
111349 · 896/3550
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
105 pupils · 91 on roll
Free school meals
7.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Eaton Road, Eccleston, Chester, CH4 9HD
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester

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