Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 2 June 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 9 January 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School, URN 130929
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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 entry34 applications · 16 places offered · 15 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 3.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 3.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2022 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
Dashed bars: as St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School (URN 130929), 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 | 16 | 34 | 2.1 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 17 | 29 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 * | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 19 | 33 | 1.7 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 18 | 46 | 2.6 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 19 | 43 | 2.3 | 23 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2018 * | 18 | 46 | 2.6 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 * | 20 | 47 | 2.4 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 22 | 42 | 1.9 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 20 | 55 | 2.8 | 21 | 1.05 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 78% → all three 78% 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 | 78% | 6% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 19% | 109 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 79% | 33% | 108 | 109 |
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
- St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20241.5applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20241.9applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20231.5applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.9applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterOutstanding20242.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · Cheshire West and Chester2026
- 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
- 149628 · 896/3647
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 102 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2023
- Replaced
- St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School (URN 130929)
- Address
- Grove Road, Mollington, Chester, CH1 6LG
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources