Charles Darwin Community Primary 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 🔒
Charles Darwin Community Primary School is a primary school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (community school). Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Charles Darwin Community Primary 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 24.8%, against a middle figure of 13.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 86 of the 128 other Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% 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
- Darwin Street, Castle, Northwich, CW8 1BN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 331 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school achieve well and enjoy learning.”
- “They listen carefully in lessons, work hard and take pride in their work.”
- “Teaching enables pupils to build secure knowledge and skills so that by the end of Year 6 they are well prepared for secondary school.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that recall of multiplication facts is less secure for some pupils in lower key stage 2.”
- “They have begun to address this, although it is too early to see the full impact.”
- “Some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those eligible for free school meals continue to have weaker attendance.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2026 (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) | 75% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsmead Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Victoria Road Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Leftwich Community Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Hartford Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published