Belgrave Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.251 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Belgrave Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Belgrave 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 | 0.251 mi |
| 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.251 miles away, 4th shortest of 42 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 50 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.7 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 122 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools.
- Of the 2026 Reception offers, 29 went to first-choice families, while 21 first-choice families (42%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 13% 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
- Five Ashes Road, Westminster Park, Chester, CH4 7QS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school and they feel safe and happy.”
- “They said that their school is ‘like a family’ where everyone is welcome.”
- “Pupils’ behaviour and conduct are exemplary.”
To improve
- “Oversight of the delivery of the curriculum is underdeveloped in a small number of subjects.”
- “In these subjects, on occasion, some teachers do not teach some aspects of the curriculum.”
- “At times, teachers do not design learning that builds on what pupils already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 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) | 87% | 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: 50 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.
- Lache Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kings Moat Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eccleston CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Huntington Community Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published