Cuddington Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.155 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cuddington Primary School is a primary school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Cuddington 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 | 3.155 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 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 |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 3.155 miles, the 9th longest of 42 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 9 of the 10 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 0% 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
- Ash Road, Cuddington, Northwich, CW8 2NY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, are happy to be part of ‘Team Cuddington’.”
- “They trust the staff to care for them and they feel safe.”
- “Leaders’ high expectations for all pupils are communicated through the school values of ‘respect, collaborate, aspire’.”
To improve
- “That said, in a few subjects, curriculums are not as well developed.”
- “In these subjects, essential learning has not been clearly pinpointed.”
- “However, in a few subjects, aspects of teachers’ assessment of pupils’ learning are better developed than others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 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) | 58% | 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: 32 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.
- Sandiway Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Norley Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitegate CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Weaverham Forest Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Weaverham 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Weaverham Primary Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hartford Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published