Graded inspection · Oct 2023 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 |
Inspection history
- 11 October 2023Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 23 January 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry80 applications · 51 places offered · 51 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 1.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2022 1.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2021 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2020 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2019 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2018 1.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2017 1.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2016 1.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
Dashed bars: as Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School (URN 131681), 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 | 51 | 80 | 1.6 | 51 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 80 | 1.4 | 61 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 58 | 85 | 1.5 | 65 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2023 | 57 | 91 | 1.6 | 66 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2022 | 49 | 68 | 1.4 | 48 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 93 | 1.6 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2020 | 45 | 70 | 1.6 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 91 | 1.5 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 55 | 67 | 1.2 | 53 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 76 | 1.3 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 68 | 1.1 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 48 | 66 | 1.4 | 48 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 38 | 55 | 1.5 | 34 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 88% · Writing 84% · Maths 90% → all three 82% 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 | 82% | 10% | 107 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 7% | 104 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | 17% | 106 | 106 |
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
- Barnton Community Nursery and Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20231.6applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20232.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterImproved significantly20242.8applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.6applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.8applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.9applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 35%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144058 · 896/2730
- Trust
- Weaver Trust Limited
- Capacity
- 505 pupils · 482 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School (URN 131681)
- Address
- Townfield Lane, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4QL
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources