William Stockton Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester·CH65 8DH
Composite score
46.8
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#8,492
National rank
#1212
In North West
#60
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
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
100%
33 first choices, 49 places
First choices per place
0.67
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
70
any preference, for 49 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.24
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.8620240.9120250.672026

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

Every child who put William Stockton Community 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
352
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
44.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
35.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,416
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About William Stockton Community Primary School

William Stockton Community Primary School is a primary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 352 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 10.0 percentage points year on 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 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made William Stockton Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 49 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 19.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 44% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. William Stockton Community 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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