Waverton Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Waverton Community Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 5–11 (community school). Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Waverton 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
- Ofsted's inspection on 3 March 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Good (13 September 2016).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 4 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- There were 16 first-choice applications for 16 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% 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
- Common Lane, Waverton, Common Lane Waverton, Chester, CH3 7QT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Waverton Community Primary School are part of a close-knit village school where they are known well and cared for by staff.”
- “They are guided by the school's values of respect, resilience and responsibility.”
- “This is reflected in the way pupils speak to, and about, one another and take pride in belonging to their school community.”
To improve
- “In the early years, however, expectations for what children can achieve, given their starting points, are not high enough.”
- “Staff interactions do not consistently support children to learn and develop as well as they could.”
- “Leaders have not fully ensured that teaching is appropriately challenging for some pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 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) | 77% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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.
- Christleton Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Huntington Community Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Boughton Heath Academy 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oldfield Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cherry Grove Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tarvin Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Guilden Sutton CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published