Winsford High Street Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester·CW7 2AU
Composite score
29.9
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#13,379
National rank
#2040
In North West
#111
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
46%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
47 first choices, 50 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
95
any preference, for 50 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320221.0020230.9720241.0020250.942026

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

Every child who put Winsford High Street Community 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
525
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,688
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Winsford High Street Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, Winsford High Street Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 525 pupils aged 3 to 11. 46% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on 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 101 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Winsford High Street Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 50 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. Winsford High Street Community Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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