Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School

Community school·Primary school Malpas, Cheshire West and Chester·SY14 8PY
Composite score
37.7
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#11,629
National rank
#1734
In North West
#93
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 25/11/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
39
any preference, for 26 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
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1 per place
1.0020220.8620231.0020240.9620250.892026

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

Every child who put Malpas Alport Endowed 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
277
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,123
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School at a glance

Located in Malpas, Cheshire West and Chester, Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 277 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in November 2025. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 13.0 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 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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