Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester·CW8 2RW
Composite score
28.0
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#13,675
National rank
#2095
In North West
#113
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
43%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
2 first choices, 2 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
11
any preference, for 2 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.67
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8020220.6720230.8320240.3320251.002026

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

Every child who put Crowton Christ Church CofE 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
48
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,868
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 48 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. 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 107 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 2 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 13.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Crowton Christ Church CofE 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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