Graded inspection · Nov 2021 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 entry118 applications · 43 places offered · 43 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 3.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 2.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2022 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 3.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 3.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 3.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
Dashed bars: as Hartford Primary School (URN 111119), 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 | 43 | 118 | 2.7 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 144 | 2.4 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 98 | 3.3 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 49 | 136 | 2.8 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 60 | 145 | 2.4 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 * | 55 | 128 | 2.3 | 43 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 * | 49 | 149 | 3.0 | 40 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2019 * | 50 | 130 | 2.6 | 46 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 * | 54 | 122 | 2.3 | 49 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 * | 50 | 117 | 2.3 | 48 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 * | 43 | 127 | 3.0 | 38 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 * | 42 | 126 | 3.0 | 34 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 128 | 2.1 | 53 | 0.88 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 89% · Writing 76% · Maths 87% → all three 73% 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 | 73% | 0% | 108 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 5% | 107 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | 12% | 108 | 107 |
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
- Hartford Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20212.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20232.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20221.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20242.8applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.9applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterNot yet inspected
- 2.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20242.5applications per place
- 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
- 149663 · 896/2288
- Trust
- Create Learning Trust
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 396 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2023
- Replaced
- Hartford Primary School (URN 111119)
- Address
- Riddings Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NA
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources