Highfield Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Highfield Community Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 July 2022. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Highfield Community 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
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 86 of the 128 other Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 4 of the 10 earlier years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 23.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
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
- Blacon Point Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5LD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 218 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming and vibrant school.”
- “They feel safe and have a firm sense of belonging.”
- “Pupils arrive eagerly each morning and quickly settle into their learning activities.”
To improve
- “Improvements in pupils’ attainment in Year 6 dipped last year due to the complexity of the cohort.”
- “However, there are some gaps in pupils’ knowledge across the curriculum.”
- “Pupils make some errors in their writing that continue, such as in basic spelling, punctuation and grammar.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 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) | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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.
- The Arches Community Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Dee Point Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- J H Godwin Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Mill View Primary School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Newton Primary School 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published