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Wharton CofE Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary controlled
Greville Drive, Winsford CW7 3EP · wharton.cheshire.sch.uk · 01606 663530
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 37%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cheshire West and Chester 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Cheshire West and Chester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 244
- 58% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 30.3%
- First language not English
- 11.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Cheshire West and Chester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 26 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 53 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 37% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Cheshire West and Chester it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼37% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wharton CofE Primary School on 15 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 15 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Replies
- 23
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied