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Acresfield Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 248Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 147489URN

Acres Lane, Upton By Chester, Chester, CH2 1LJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.6 above Cheshire West and Chester median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester

86 applications for 30 places · 13th of 104 in Cheshire West and Chester
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
75%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 2 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

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
2.9applications per place, Reception
0.6 above Cheshire West and Chester median (2.2) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

86 applications · 30 places offered · 35 named it first

  1. 2026 2.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  2. 2025 3.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 3.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  7. 2020 3.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  8. 2019 3.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  9. 2018 3.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Cheshire West and Chester median in 6 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Cheshire West and Chester median

Dashed bars: as Acresfield Community Primary School (URN 111205), 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 202630862.9351.17
Sep 202528853.0361.29
Sep 202430561.9331.10
Sep 202329702.4341.17
Sep 202230702.3351.17
Sep 202130963.2311.03
Sep 2020301043.5471.57
Sep 2019 *301093.6441.47
Sep 2018 *301033.4381.27
Sep 2017 *301103.7421.40
Sep 2016 *301063.5401.33
Sep 2015 *301053.5511.70
Sep 2014 *24592.5220.92

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 78% · Maths 84% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%21st of 113 in Cheshire West and Chester
Reading
Expected standard84%
Higher standard63%
Average scaled score 111 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard78%
Greater depth28%
Maths
Expected standard84%
Higher standard38%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cheshire West and Chester median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2575%22%111107
2023/2487%19%112110
2022/2378%19%112111

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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  • 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
147489 · 896/2678
Trust
North West Academies Trust Limited
Capacity
236 pupils · 248 on roll
Free school meals
7.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 October 2019
Replaced
Acresfield Community Primary School (URN 111205)
Address
Acres Lane, Upton By Chester, Chester, CH2 1LJ
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester

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