Over St John's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.486 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Over St John's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Over St John's CofE 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 | 0.486 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.486 miles away, the 10th shortest of 42 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2016.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 21 offers; all 21 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Cheshire West and Chester primary schools.
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
- Delamere Street, Winsford, CW7 2LU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 135 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, safe and nurtured at Over St John’s C of E Primary School.”
- “They develop a strong sense of belonging to the school community.”
- “Pupils look after each other and respect each other’s differences.”
To improve
- “These expectations are realised in most subjects.”
- “The standards achieved by pupils in writing in key stage 1 and the Year 4 multiplication check in 2023 were low.”
- “Occasionally, in some subjects, teachers do not support pupils to make links between new learning and what they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 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) | 71% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Oak View Academy 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Grange Community Nursery and Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Over Hall Community School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Winsford High Street Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St. Chad's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Darnhall Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Wharton CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published