Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Northwich, 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 🔒
Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School is a primary school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Barnton Community Nursery and 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, yet places ran out in 7 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome, and the figure swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 51 first-choice applications for 51 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Outstanding (11 October 2023); of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester, 5 are Good and 3 have no current grade.
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Townfield Lane, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4QL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 482 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 11 October 2023
Strengths
- “Staff have extremely high expectations of pupils at Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School.”
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, excel in every aspect of their education.”
- “All pupils embrace the school’s values of inspire, believe and achieve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 November 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) | 82% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 51 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.
- Little Leigh Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Comberbach Nursery and Primary School 1.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Weaverham Primary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Weaverham 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Weaverham Forest Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Charles Darwin Community Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published