Ashton Hayes Primary 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 🔒
Ashton Hayes Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2022. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Ashton Hayes 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
- Of its pupils, 1.5% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 7.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 4 of the 9 earlier years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 17 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 44% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Church Road, Ashton Hayes, Chester, CH3 8AB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 November 2022
Strengths
- “There is a tangible community feel to this school, with strong relationships between pupils and staff.”
- “They said that their friends, and the staff, look after them well.”
- “Pupils have a good understanding of bullying.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not identified the precise knowledge that they wish pupils to learn by the end of the early years as they move into Year 1.”
- “This limits pupils’ application of their prior knowledge to new learning.”
- “This means that for a small number of pupils their secure recall of phonics knowledge and their fluency in reading are still developing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 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) | 44% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 14 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.
- Kelsall Primary and Nursery School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Tarvin Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barrow CofE Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alvanley and Manley Village School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Delamere CofE Primary Academy 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Horn's Mill Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Duddon St Peter's CofE Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsley Community Primary School and Nursery 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published