Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Whitchurch, 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 🔒
Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School is a primary school in Whitchurch, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Tushingham With Grindley 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
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers and every applicant was offered a place, though places ran out in 5 of the 9 earlier years.
- Of the 34 applications for Reception 2026, 17 (50%) came from families living outside Cheshire West and Chester, and 8 offers went to them.
- Its last graded Ofsted outcome was Outstanding (14 December 2017); the latest inspection, on 28 January 2025, was not judged.
- 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Tushingham, Tushingham With Grindley Ce Primary School, Whitchurch, SY13 4QS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 113 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “This is a school where love and care shine through.”
- “The warm and nurturing relationships between staff and pupils are special.”
- “Staff know and understand pupils well.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, some pupils do not remember essential knowledge over time.”
- “This is because, on occasion, staff do not focus on the most important knowledge that the school wants pupils to secure in readiness for future learning.”
- “However, in a few wider curriculum subjects, the school is still developing its approaches to check that pupils embed knowledge into their long-term memory.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 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) | 73% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tilston Parochial CofE Primary Academy 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary School 5.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Clutton Church of England Primary School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Farndon Primary School 8.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tattenhall Park Primary School 9.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Huxley CofE Primary School 9.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tarporley CofE Primary School 10.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published