Moulton School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Moulton School is a primary school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 October 2022. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Moulton School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility is 23.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 9.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026; places ran out in 1 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire West and Chester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Lane, Moulton, Northwich, CW9 8PD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend this school, where everyone feels valued for who they are.”
- “Pupils forge strong relationships with caring staff.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe in school.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not adapt the delivery of the curriculum well enough for a few pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “On occasions, some pupils with SEND do not learn as well as they should.”
- “However, a small number of pupils do not attend school regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 64% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 18 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Davenham CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leftwich Community Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsmead Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitegate CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hartford Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published