Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Cheshire West and Chester·CH4 7HS
Composite score
44.3
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#9,384
National rank
#1358
In North West
#68
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 36 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
80
any preference, for 36 places

Every child who put Overleigh St Mary's Church of England 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
459
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
33.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£2,687
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cheshire West and Chester, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 459 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 8.0 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 102 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% 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 Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 36 Reception places. Overleigh St Mary's Church of England 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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