St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester·CH66 1NN
Composite score
54.8
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#5,546
National rank
#730
In North West
#34
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 38%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
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
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
76%
37 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.23
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
73
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.27
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9020231.2020240.9720251.232026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Mary of the Angels Catholic 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
207
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,421
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester, St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 207 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 79% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above 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 top 38% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 37 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 23.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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