Report card · inspected Apr 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong 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
- 28 April 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 25 January 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding · as Wimboldsley Community Primary School, URN 111056
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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 entry38 applications · 15 places offered · 16 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2024 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2023 3.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2022 3.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 2.2; 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 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 4.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
Dashed bars: as Wimboldsley Community Primary School (URN 111056), 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 | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 | 20 | 42 | 2.1 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 23 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2022 * | 15 | 52 | 3.5 | 30 | 2.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 21 | 46 | 2.2 | 26 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2020 * | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 22 | 1.69 |
| Sep 2019 * | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 18 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 * | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 23 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2017 * | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 15 | 27 | 1.8 | 9 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 49 | 1.7 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 * | 12 | 22 | 1.8 | 8 | 0.67 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 74% · Writing 65% · Maths 83% → all three 52% 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 | 52% | 4% | 105 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 0% | 103 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 58% | 0% | 105 | 105 |
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
- Wimboldsley Community Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Cheshire EastNot yet inspected1.5applications per place
- 2.5 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20242.2applications per place
- 2.6 km · Cheshire EastGood20221.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · Cheshire EastGood20232.6applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.3applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20231.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20232.0applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149674 · 896/2190
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 129 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2023
- Replaced
- Wimboldsley Community Primary School (URN 111056)
- Address
- Nantwich Road, Wimboldsley, Middlewich, CW10 0LN
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources