Graded inspection · Jul 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 | 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 entry62 applications · 25 places offered · 25 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 2.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 2.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 3.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2022 2.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2021 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2020 2.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2019 4.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 3.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 3.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 4.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
Dashed bars: as Little Leigh Primary School (URN 111051), 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 | 25 | 62 | 2.5 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 18 | 53 | 2.9 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 17 | 57 | 3.4 | 15 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 19 | 51 | 2.7 | 17 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2021 | 20 | 50 | 2.5 | 16 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 | 23 | 64 | 2.8 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 14 | 57 | 4.1 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 24 | 66 | 2.8 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 24 | 75 | 3.1 | 21 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 * | 14 | 63 | 4.5 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 27 | 65 | 2.4 | 27 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 77% · Writing 77% · Maths 77% → all three 67% 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 | 67% | 3% | 106 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 10% | 108 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 66% | 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
- Little Leigh Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterOutstanding20231.6applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.8applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.6applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · Cheshire West and ChesterImproved significantly20242.8applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.9applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.5applications per place 67%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
- 146202 · 896/2182
- Trust
- Create Learning Trust
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 138 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2019
- Replaced
- Little Leigh Primary School (URN 111051)
- Address
- Shutley Lane, Little Leigh, Northwich, CW8 4RN
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources