Dee Point Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Dee Point Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 3–11 (community school). Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Dee Point 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 10 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its latest Ofsted inspection (6 May 2026) gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement (10 October 2023).
- 45.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 33.1% 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
- Blacon Point Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5NF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 485 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Dee Point are proud of their school.”
- “They arrive each day eager to learn and feel welcomed by staff.”
- “Staff take the time to get to know pupils and their families well.”
To improve
- “However, by the end of Year 6, some pupils do not achieve as well as they should in reading, writing and mathematics.”
- “This means that, while many of these pupils make progress from their starting points, some are not fully prepared for the move to secondary school.”
- “In addition, some pupils do not attend school as often as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 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) | 40% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 39 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.
- Highfield Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- J H Godwin Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Arches Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lache Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published