Duddon St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Tarporley, 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 🔒
Duddon St Peter's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Duddon St Peter'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 | 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 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place, with 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers; places ran out in 1 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's outcome was Not judged on 14 January 2025, after Requires improvement on 24 January 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester, 5 are Good.
- 66 pupils were on roll in January 2026, with 13.5 pupils per teacher against a middle figure of 18.5 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
- Tarporley Road, Duddon, Duddon St Peter's Ce Primary School, Tarporley, CW6 0EL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 66 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to this small, village school.”
- “They describe it as kind and welcoming, a place where everyone knows everyone.”
- “Pupils feel that the school understands and celebrates them as individuals.”
To improve
- “However, the school does not monitor the progress that those pupils with SEND, but without an education, health and care plan (EHC plan), make in achieving their individual goals carefully enough.”
- “Attendance rates are below average.”
- “The school’s procedures for managing pupils’ attendance are not as rigorous as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 2025 (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) | 54% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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.
- Huxley CofE Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kelsall Primary and Nursery School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Tarvin Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tarporley CofE Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashton Hayes Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Delamere CofE Primary Academy 3.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Tattenhall Park Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Eaton Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published