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Lache Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Hawthorn Road, Lache, Chester CH4 8HX · lache.cheshire.sch.uk · 01244 470380
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 31%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 169
- 66% of 258 places
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 51.5%
- First language not English
- 9.5%
- 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, 15 families put the school first and 18 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 | 18 | 15 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 26 | 15 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 16 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 31% 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 | |||
| ▼31% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼98 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 131350)
Ofsted
Lache Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131350)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 131350), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131350)
Nov 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131350)
May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131350)