Graded inspection · May 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 entry140 applications · 30 places offered · 44 named it first
- 2026 4.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 5.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 4.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 4.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2022 4.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2021 5.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2020 5.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2019 5.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2018 5.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2017 6.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2016 5.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2015 5.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2014 5.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
Dashed bars: as Mill View Primary School (URN 111123), the previous school.
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 | 30 | 140 | 4.7 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 158 | 5.3 | 60 | 2.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 125 | 4.2 | 52 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 142 | 4.7 | 46 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 140 | 4.7 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 162 | 5.4 | 48 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 166 | 5.5 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 172 | 5.7 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 152 | 5.1 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 31 | 188 | 6.1 | 52 | 1.68 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 176 | 5.9 | 55 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 160 | 5.3 | 48 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 156 | 5.2 | 51 | 1.70 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 93% · Writing 97% · Maths 90% → all three 90% 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 | 90% | 27% | 111 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 82% | 25% | 109 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 83% | 21% | 111 | 108 |
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
- Mill View Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20244.7applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Cheshire West and Chester2026
- 0.7 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20241.9applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20244.3applications per place 96%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Cheshire West and ChesterOutstanding20242.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.5applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good · improving20242.5applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterImproved significantly20252.2applications 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141621 · 896/2292
- Trust
- Expedition Schools
- Capacity
- 236 pupils · 242 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2015
- Replaced
- Mill View Primary School (URN 111123)
- Address
- Wealstone Lane, Upton, Chester, CH2 1HB
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources