Eccleston CofE 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 🔒
Eccleston CofE Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Eccleston 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 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
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, though places ran out in 7 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 6 first-choice applications for 8 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 122 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's latest inspection, on 31 March 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Good, on 11 June 2013.
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
- Eaton Road, Eccleston, Chester, CH4 9HD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 91 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 31 March 2026
Strengths
- “The recently established leadership team knows the school very well.”
- “Leaders have begun to take the right actions to bring about improvements for pupils.”
- “Pupils are increasingly supported to manage their behaviour.”
To improve
- “From early years onwards, pupils do not benefit from consistently high-quality teaching that helps them to learn.”
- “However, this work is at the earliest stages of development.”
- “Currently, staff do not have high enough expectations of what pupils can do and achieve.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 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) | 47% | 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: 6 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 6 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.
- Huntington Community Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Belgrave Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings Moat Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lache Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boughton Heath Academy 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published