Weaverham Forest Primary School

Community school·Primary school Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester·CW8 3EY
Composite score
22.8
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#14,254
National rank
#2209
In North West
#121
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
35%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
42
any preference, for 24 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1420221.0320230.9420241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Weaverham Forest Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
226
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,041
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Weaverham Forest Primary School at a glance

Located in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, Weaverham Forest Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 226 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 35% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Weaverham Forest Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 23.1 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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