St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · 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 Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 17 July 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
St Werburgh's and St Columba'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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 2 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 36 first-choice applications for 38 offers; all first-choice families were offered places, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 84% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% 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
- Lightfoot Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3AD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 307 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 17 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils relish being part of this happy school community.”
- “They do their best to live up to the school motto and ‘love, learn, laugh’ as much as possible.”
- “Pupils enjoy welcoming new friends into their school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 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) | 84% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 36 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.
- Hoole Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Martin's Academy Chester 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cherry Grove Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Newton Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Boughton Heath Academy 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oldfield Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published