Graded inspection · Dec 2024 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry112 applications · 26 places offered · 33 named it first
- 2026 4.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 5.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 4.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 4.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2022 5.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2021 6.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2020 6.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2019 5.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2018 5.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2017 5.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2016 5.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2015 4.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2014 3.3; 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 | 112 | 4.3 | 33 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 131 | 5.2 | 47 | 1.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 23 | 104 | 4.5 | 40 | 1.74 |
| Sep 2023 | 24 | 118 | 4.9 | 48 | 2.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 25 | 135 | 5.4 | 62 | 2.48 |
| Sep 2021 | 23 | 145 | 6.3 | 52 | 2.26 |
| Sep 2020 | 24 | 146 | 6.1 | 62 | 2.58 |
| Sep 2019 | 24 | 136 | 5.7 | 59 | 2.46 |
| Sep 2018 | 24 | 142 | 5.9 | 56 | 2.33 |
| Sep 2017 | 25 | 130 | 5.2 | 56 | 2.24 |
| Sep 2016 | 24 | 129 | 5.4 | 56 | 2.33 |
| Sep 2015 | 25 | 108 | 4.3 | 50 | 2.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 24 | 78 | 3.3 | 39 | 1.63 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 96% · Maths 100% → all three 96% 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 | 96% | 32% | 112 | 111 |
| 2023/24 | 84% | 20% | 108 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 71% | 10% | 106 | 104 |
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
- St Martin's Academy ChesterThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20244.3applications per place 96%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterImproved significantly20252.2applications per place
- 0.6 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good · improving20242.5applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterOutstanding20244.7applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good · concerns noted20232.4applications per place
- 1.4 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20232.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Cheshire West and Chester2026
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139377 · 896/2000
- Capacity
- 182 pupils · 177 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Address
- 91 Hoole Road, Chester, CH2 3NG
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources