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The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy

  • 4–11Ages
  • 198Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 146779URN

Union Street, Chester, Union Street, Chester, CH1 1QP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
close to Cheshire West and Chester median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester

62 applications for 29 places · 51st of 104 in Cheshire West and Chester
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
63%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 17 January 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
close to Cheshire West and Chester median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

62 applications · 29 places offered · 31 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Cheshire West and Chester median in 7 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Cheshire West and Chester median

Dashed bars: as University Church Free School (URN 139832), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202629622.1311.07
Sep 202527712.6210.78
Sep 202429652.2250.86
Sep 202321532.5170.81
Sep 202228622.2220.79
Sep 202125532.1200.80
Sep 202026632.4200.77
Sep 201919442.3150.79
Sep 2018 *29531.8210.72
Sep 2017 *19412.2150.79
Sep 2016 *28461.6260.93
Sep 2015 *22442.0170.77
Sep 2014 *26542.1210.81

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 73% · Maths 73% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard63%53rd of 113 in Cheshire West and Chester
Reading
Expected standard83%
Higher standard37%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth7%
Maths
Expected standard73%
Higher standard20%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cheshire West and Chester median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2563%0%107104
2023/2481%4%108107
2022/2366%10%107105

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

  • 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
146779 · 896/2009
Trust
North West Academies Trust Limited
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 198 on roll
Free school meals
10.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2018
Replaced
University Church Free School (URN 139832)
Address
Union Street, Chester, Union Street, Chester, CH1 1QP
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources