Wincham Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Wincham Community Primary School is a primary school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Wincham 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
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, with 27 first-choice applications for 27 offers; places ran out in 1 of the 10 earlier years.
- Free school meal eligibility is 6.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 24% 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
- Church Street, Wincham, Northwich, CW9 6EP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school has raised its expectations of what pupils can achieve across a broader range of subjects.”
- “Pupils enjoy the way that their teachers hook them into new topics in exciting ways.”
- “Pupils are keen and inquisitive learners.”
To improve
- “In a few remaining subjects, the school has been less decisive in identifying the essential knowledge that pupils must learn.”
- “At times, teachers are unsure what knowledge they should teach, emphasise and rehearse until it is secure in pupils’ memories.”
- “Some pupils’ knowledge is uneven in these subjects as a result.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 December 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) | 64% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 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.
- Lostock Gralam CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Great Budworth CofE Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Victoria Road Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rudheath Primary Academy and Nursery 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Comberbach Nursery and Primary School 2.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Charles Darwin Community Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published