Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester·CH65 6TQ
Composite score
26.6
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#13,854
National rank
#2134
In North West
#115
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
41%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
28 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
63
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.1020230.9620240.8820251.002026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School yet. Cheshire West and Chester does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
204
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,048
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester, Ellesmere Port 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 204 pupils aged 4 to 11. 41% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 26.0 percentage points compared with 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 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 96% of the families who made Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. Ellesmere Port 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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