Brookside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Ellesmere Port, 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 🔒
Brookside Primary School is a primary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Brookside 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 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in 1 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- 2026 Reception entry drew 20 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 41.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.8% 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
- Rostherne Avenue, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 2EE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 184 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, enjoy coming to school.”
- “Teachers greet pupils warmly each morning.”
- “Pupils settle down to work quickly and sensibly.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, in a small number of subjects, leaders have introduced revised curriculums more recently.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in aspects of their prior knowledge.”
- “This hinders these pupils in building securely on earlier learning and making links with new content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 2023 (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, 22 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.
- St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Acorns Primary and Nursery School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Meadow Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sutton Green Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published