Rivacre Valley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.306 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rivacre Valley Primary School is a primary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Rivacre Valley 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 | 0.306 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 0.306 miles away, 5th shortest of 42 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 48 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 37 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 9 of the 11 years with a published outcome, and the Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2021.
- In 2024/25, 58% 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
- Rivacre Brow, Overpool, Ellesmere Port, CH66 1LE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 339 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and children enjoy attending Rivacre Valley Primary School.”
- “There is a warm welcome for them each morning.”
- “Pupils walk into classrooms with smiles on their faces.”
To improve
- “However, leaders’ work to ensure that teachers are clear about the specific knowledge that pupils should learn is not complete in a small number of subjects.”
- “In these subjects, there are times when small gaps in pupils’ knowledge hinder their learning of new content.”
- “Leaders continue to work with a small number of pupils who continue to be absent from school too often.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 2022 (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) | 58% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 37 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.
- St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rossmore School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Acorns Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Sutton Green Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Westminster Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Brookside Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- William Stockton Community Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published