Graded inspection · Oct 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry56 applications · 27 places offered · 26 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 1.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2022 1.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2021 1.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2020 1.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2019 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2018 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2017 1.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2016 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2015 1.4; 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 | 27 | 56 | 2.1 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 48 | 72 | 1.5 | 48 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 44 | 71 | 1.6 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 57 | 74 | 1.3 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 40 | 53 | 1.3 | 37 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 46 | 62 | 1.4 | 42 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 53 | 73 | 1.4 | 50 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 41 | 60 | 1.5 | 41 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 40 | 65 | 1.6 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 81 | 1.4 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 46 | 71 | 1.5 | 45 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 53 | 74 | 1.4 | 52 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 | 37 | 59 | 1.6 | 32 | 0.86 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 65% · Maths 71% → all three 55% 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 | 55% | 4% | 102 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 0% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 36% | 2% | 101 | 102 |
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
- Rudheath Primary Academy and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20241.6applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20241.9applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterNot yet inspected
- 2.4 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20222.0applications per place
- 2.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20242.8applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20242.5applications per place
- 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139379 · 896/2001
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 371 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2013
- Replaced
- Rudheath Community Primary School (URN 111058)
- Address
- Gadbrook Road, Rudheath, Northwich, CW9 7JL
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources