The Arches Community Primary School
Primary · Community 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 🔒
The Arches Community Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 July 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
The Arches 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, 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Cheshire West and Chester primary schools.
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- At 86 of the 128 other Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome, every applicant was also offered a place.
- In January 2026, 55% of pupils were eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.9% 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
- Saughall Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5EZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, enjoy attending this happy and welcoming school.”
- “They benefit from kind and positive relationships with staff and each other.”
- “Pupils are confident that staff will always listen to them and help them if they have any concerns or worries.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the assessment strategies that staff use are less well developed.”
- “From time to time, in these subjects, this prevents teachers from ensuring that aspects of pupils’ earlier learning are secure.”
- “However, some pupils do not have sufficient opportunity to learn and revisit aspects of some fundamental British values.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 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) | 65% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Highfield Community Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- J H Godwin Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dee Point Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Mill View Primary School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Upton Heath CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published