Childer Thornton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.946 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Childer Thornton Primary School is a primary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 28 February 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Childer Thornton 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 | 0.946 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.946 miles away, further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2016.
- In Reception 2026 there were 49 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 20 first-choice families (41%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 8.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 30.1% 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
- New School Lane, Childer Thornton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 1QY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 246 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 28 February 2024
Strengths
- “Childer Thornton Primary school is a place where pupils thrive.”
- “There is a strong sense of community where pupils, including children in the early years, feel happy, valued and safe.”
- “Pupils make a tangible contribution to the life of the school through the roles and responsibilities that they hold.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 77% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Rossmore School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Little Sutton C of E Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sutton Green Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Rivacre Valley Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Acorns Primary and Nursery School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brookside Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published