Graded inspection · Feb 2022 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 |
Inspection history
- 15 February 2022Graded inspection: Good · as Capenhurst CofE Primary School, URN 111271
- 12 September 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Capenhurst CofE Primary School, URN 111271
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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 entry46 applications · 15 places offered · 18 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2
- 2025 3.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2024 3.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2023 3.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2022 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 2.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 2.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 3.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 3.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 3.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 5.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
Dashed bars: as Capenhurst CofE Primary School (URN 111271), 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 | 46 | 3.1 | 18 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2025 * | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 * | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 9 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2020 * | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 10 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 * | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 8 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2018 * | 13 | 24 | 1.9 | 10 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2017 * | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Capenhurst CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20223.1applications per place
- 1.9 km · Cheshire West and Chester20252.6applications per place
- 2.1 km · Cheshire West and ChesterNot yet inspected
- 2.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.9applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20232.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20221.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20241.9applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20222.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20242.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 152084 · 896/3150
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 88 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2025
- Replaced
- Capenhurst CofE Primary School (URN 111271)
- Address
- Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst, Chester, CH1 6HE
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources