The Oak View Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Winsford, 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 🔒
The Oak View Academy is a primary school in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 February 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
The Oak View Academy 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
- 2024/25: 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, with 26 first-choice applications for 27 offers; places ran out in 1 of the 10 earlier years.
- There are 15.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.7 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
- Whitby's Lane, Winsford, CW7 2LZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 144 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 February 2024
Strengths
- “Caring relationships form the foundation of this school.”
- “Staff are dedicated to helping pupils to develop a strong sense of community and belonging.”
- “Pupils are well supported emotionally and academically.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, staff have not received the subject-specific training that they need to help them teach some aspects of these curriculums.”
- “This makes it difficult for them to design learning that helps pupils to learn the full curriculum.”
- “It also means that a small number of pupils develop some misconceptions in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 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) | 71% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 26 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.
- Over St John's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grange Community Nursery and Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Over Hall Community School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Winsford High Street Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Darnhall Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St. Chad's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wharton CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published