St Oswald's CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Cheshire West and Chester·CH1 6LG
Composite score
57.7
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#4,661
National rank
#615
In North West
#32
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 32%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 16 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.9420240.8920250.942026

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

Every child who put St Oswald's 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
109
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
33.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,780
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Oswald's CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Cheshire West and Chester, St Oswald's CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 109 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 32% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Oswald's CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 15 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 33.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Oswald's 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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