Mickle Trafford Village School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chester, 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 🔒
Mickle Trafford Village School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 March 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Mickle Trafford Village 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 4 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Free school meals eligibility is 11.8% of pupils, above the middle figure of 6.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% 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, Mickle Trafford, Chester, CH2 4EF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 169 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 March 2023
Strengths
- “Mickle Trafford Village School is a happy and welcoming place to be.”
- “Pupils comment that they enjoy coming to school and that they feel safe.”
- “They get on well together and make lots of friends.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, they sometimes do not check precisely enough how well teaching matches the intended curriculum.”
- “As a result, in some subjects, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “However, in some subjects, sometimes, teachers do not revisit pupils’ prior learning regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 May 2023 (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) | 72% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 17 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.
- Guilden Sutton CofE Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Acresfield Academy 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Barrow CofE Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oldfield Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Upton Westlea Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Martin's Academy Chester 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mill View Primary School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hoole Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published