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The Arches Community Primary School

Chester, CH1 5EZ · Cheshire West and Chester · primary school

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Ofsted: Good · 2023 Inspected 2 years ago Mixed Primary
5.0/10 Broadly average

44th of 117 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester we can score, 128 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 6.5/10 against 1,095 of them, against 4.9/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 65.0 · 52 40% 2.07
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 6.0 · 45 25% 1.12

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

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