St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
St Clare's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 December 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
St Clare's Catholic 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
- 33.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- For Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, with 13 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Earlier years looked different: places ran out in 3 of the 9 earlier years with a published Reception outcome, and the picture swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Hawthorn Road, Lache, Chester, CH4 8HX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 163 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Clare’s are proud of their school.”
- “They feel well cared for by staff and like to be with their friends.”
- “Pupils are kind and accepting.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case in some aspects of a small number of subjects.”
- “In these subjects, some pupils do not learn some knowledge as well as they could.”
- “This is because sometimes staff do not explain new knowledge as clearly as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 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) | 50% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 13 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.
- Lache Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Belgrave Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings Moat Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Eccleston CofE Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dee Point Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published