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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Full 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 entry120 applications · 54 places offered · 49 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2024 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2023 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2022 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 2.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; 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 1.7; 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 Hoole Church of England Primary School (URN 134248), 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 | 54 | 120 | 2.2 | 49 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 * | 49 | 125 | 2.6 | 42 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 * | 51 | 126 | 2.5 | 45 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2023 * | 50 | 107 | 2.1 | 42 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 * | 52 | 115 | 2.2 | 39 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2021 * | 47 | 126 | 2.7 | 42 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 * | 59 | 98 | 1.7 | 41 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2019 * | 53 | 101 | 1.9 | 38 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2018 * | 54 | 106 | 2.0 | 41 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 98 | 1.6 | 39 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2016 * | 59 | 113 | 1.9 | 42 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2015 * | 49 | 85 | 1.7 | 39 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 * | 42 | 86 | 2.1 | 35 | 0.83 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hoole Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20252.2applications per place
- 0.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good · improving20242.5applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20244.3applications per place 96%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good · concerns noted20232.4applications per place
- 1.2 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterOutstanding20242.2applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20232.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterOutstanding20244.7applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 152079 · 896/2012
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 395 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2025
- Replaced
- Hoole Church of England Primary School (URN 134248)
- Address
- Hoole Lane, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3HB
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources