Sutton Green Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.536 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Sutton Green Primary School is a primary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Sutton Green 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 | 1.536 mi |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 48% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- For Reception 2026 there were 40 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 38 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 1.536 miles, further than in 2020 and the 16th longest of 42 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published last distance.
- 17.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
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
- Armthorpe Drive, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 4NW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 306 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this warm and welcoming school.”
- “They are proud to be part of the school community.”
- “They benefit from relationships with staff and each other that are respectful and caring.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, where the curriculum is relatively new, the school is in the process of developing its assessment strategies.”
- “In these subjects, this hinders teachers in identifying and remedying gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
- “In 2023, the proportion of pupils who met the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics screening check was below the national average.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 July 2024 (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) | 48% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 38 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.
- Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Little Sutton C of E Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Rossmore School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brookside Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rivacre Valley Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Childer Thornton Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published