Best primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
117 of 129 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Cheshire West and Chester schools · secondary schools
Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 103 of them.
- 101 of 129 rated Good or Outstanding
- 19 oversubscribed on first preference
- 10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
- Median Met expected standard (RWM): 63.0% (best 96.0%)
| # | School | Met expected standard (RWM) | Ofsted | Places | Catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delamere CofE Primary Academy Tarporley | 96.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 2 | St Martin's Academy Chester Chester | 96.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 3 | Mill View Primary School Chester | 90.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 4 | Boughton Heath Academy Chester | 88.0% | Outstanding | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 5 | Belgrave Primary School Chester | 87.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 6 | Guilden Sutton CofE Primary School Chester | 84.0% | Outstanding improving | about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 7 | St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School Chester | 84.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 8 | Comberbach Nursery and Primary School Northwich | 83.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 9 | Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School Northwich | 82.0% | Outstanding | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 10 | Tarvin Primary School Chester | 82.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 11 | Frodsham Manor House Primary School Frodsham | 81.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 12 | Parkgate Primary School Neston | 81.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 13 | Whitley Village School Warrington | 80.0% | Not judged | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 14 | St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School Ellesmere Port | 79.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 15 | Woodfall Primary and Nursery School Neston | 79.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 16 | St Oswald's CofE Primary School Chester | 78.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 17 | Childer Thornton Primary School Ellesmere Port | 77.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 18 | Frodsham Primary Academy Frodsham | 77.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.58 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 19 | Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery Northwich | 77.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 20 | Victoria Road Primary School Northwich | 77.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 21 | Waverton Community Primary School Chester | 77.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 22 | Acresfield Academy Chester | 75.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 23 | Charles Darwin Community Primary School Northwich | 75.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 24 | Clutton Church of England Primary School Chester | 75.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 25 | Elton Primary School Chester | 74.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 26 | Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School Neston | 73.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 27 | Hartford Primary School Northwich | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 28 | Norley Church of England Primary School Frodsham hidden gem | 73.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 29 | St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Weaverham Northwich | 73.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 30 | Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School Whitchurch | 73.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 31 | Eaton Primary School Tarporley | 72.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 32 | Mickle Trafford Village School Chester | 72.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 33 | Tattenhall Park Primary School Select | 72.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 34 | Over St John's CofE Primary School Winsford | 71.0% | Good | about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 35 | St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Ellesmere Port | 71.0% | Not judged improving | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 36 | Tarporley CofE Primary School Tarporley | 71.0% | Good | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 37 | The Oak View Academy Winsford | 71.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 38 | Wolverham Primary and Nursery School Ellesmere Port | 71.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.52 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 39 | Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-School Chester | 69.0% | Good improving | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 40 | Helsby Hillside Primary School Frodsham | 68.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 41 | Kelsall Primary and Nursery School Tarporley hidden gem | 68.0% | Outstanding | undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 42 | Kingsley Community Primary School and Nursery Frodsham | 68.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 43 | Sandiway Primary School Northwich | 68.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 44 | Antrobus St Mark's CofE Primary School Northwich | 67.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 45 | Frodsham CofE Primary School Frodsham | 67.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 46 | Little Leigh Primary School Northwich | 67.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 47 | St Winefride's Catholic Primary School Neston | 67.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 48 | Willaston CofE Primary School Neston | 67.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 49 | Kingsmead Primary School Northwich | 66.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 50 | Saughall All Saints Church of England Primary School Chester | 66.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 51 | The Arches Community Primary School Chester | 65.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 52 | Horn's Mill Primary School Frodsham | 64.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 53 | Moulton School Northwich | 64.0% | Good declining | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 54 | Whitegate CofE Primary School Northwich | 64.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 55 | Wincham Community Primary School Northwich | 64.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 56 | Grange Community Nursery and Primary School Winsford | 63.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 57 | Huntington Community Primary School Chester | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 58 | Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School Ellesmere Port | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 59 | The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy Chester | 63.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 60 | William Stockton Community Primary School Ellesmere Port hidden gem | 63.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 61 | Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School ELLESMERE PORT | 62.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 62 | St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Northwich | 62.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 63 | Cherry Grove Primary School Chester | 61.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 64 | Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School Chester | 61.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 65 | St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School Ellesmere Port hidden gem | 61.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 66 | St. Chad's Church of England Primary and Nursery School Winsford | 61.0% | Good improving | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 67 | Westminster Community Primary School Ellesmere Port | 61.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 68 | Byley Primary School and Nursery Middlewich hidden gem | 60.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 69 | Dodleston CofE Primary School Chester | 60.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 70 | Cuddington Primary School Northwich | 58.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 71 | Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School Malpas | 58.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 72 | Rivacre Valley Primary School Ellesmere Port | 58.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 73 | Aston by Sutton Primary School Runcorn | 56.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 74 | Leftwich Community Primary School Northwich | 56.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 75 | The Acorns Primary and Nursery School Ellesmere Port | 56.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 76 | Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School Northwich | 56.0% | Good | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 77 | Rudheath Primary Academy and Nursery Northwich | 55.0% | Not judged | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 78 | Duddon St Peter's CofE Primary School Tarporley | 54.0% | Not judged declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 79 | Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School Ellesmere Port | 53.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 80 | Christleton Primary School Chester | 53.0% | Not judged improving | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 81 | Newton Primary School Chester | 53.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 82 | Rossmore School Ellesmere Port hidden gem | 53.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 83 | Upton Westlea Primary School Chester | 53.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 84 | Upton Heath CofE Primary School Chester | 52.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 85 | Whitby Heath Primary School Ellesmere Port | 52.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 86 | Wimboldsley Community Primary School Middlewich | 52.0% | Outstanding | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 87 | Alvanley and Manley Village School Frodsham hidden gem | 50.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 88 | Brookside Primary School Ellesmere Port | 50.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 89 | Farndon Primary School Chester | 50.0% | Not judged | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 90 | Highfield Community Primary School Chester | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 91 | Little Sutton C of E Primary School Ellesmere Port | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 92 | Neston Primary School Neston | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 93 | St Clare's Catholic Primary School Chester | 50.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 94 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Winsford | 50.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 95 | Darnhall Primary School Winsford | 49.0% | Good improving | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 96 | Woodlands Primary School Ellesmere Port | 49.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 97 | St Theresa's Catholic Primary School Chester | 48.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 98 | Sutton Green Primary School Ellesmere Port | 48.0% | Good improving | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 99 | Eccleston CofE Primary School Chester hidden gem | 47.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 100 | Winsford High Street Community Primary School Winsford | 46.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 101 | Ashton Hayes Primary School Chester hidden gem | 44.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 102 | Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School Northwich | 43.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 103 | St Luke's Catholic Primary School Frodsham hidden gem | 43.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 104 | Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School Ellesmere Port | 41.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 105 | Dee Point Primary School Chester | 40.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 106 | The Oaks Community Primary School Ellesmere Port | 39.0% | Requires improvement improving | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 107 | Over Hall Community School Winsford | 38.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 108 | Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich | 38.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 109 | Wharton CofE Primary School Winsford | 37.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 110 | Weaverham Forest Primary School Northwich | 35.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 111 | Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School Winsford | 35.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 112 | Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School Northwich | 35.0% | Not judged improving | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 113 | Barrow CofE Primary School Chester | 33.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 114 | Great Budworth CofE Primary School Northwich | 33.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 115 | Huxley CofE Primary School Chester | 33.0% | Inadequate | oversubscribed 1.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 116 | J H Godwin Primary School Chester | 32.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 117 | Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary School Malpas | 0.0% | Good declining | oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
Also in Cheshire West and Chester
12 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Cheshire West and Chester, not a fairer one.
- Capenhurst CofE Primary School Ofsted: Good
- Davenham CofE Primary School Ofsted: Good
- Hoole Church of England Primary School
- Kingsley St John's CofE Primary School
- Lache Primary School Ofsted: Good
- Lostock Gralam CofE Primary School
- Lower Peover CofE Primary School Ofsted: Outstanding
- Meadow Primary School Ofsted: Outstanding
- Oldfield Primary School Ofsted: Good
- Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
- The Firs School
- Tilston Parochial CofE Primary Academy
Applying in Cheshire West and Chester
Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.
- Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
- Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
- Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
- Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.
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