Woodfall Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Neston, 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 🔒
Woodfall Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Neston, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 June 2025. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Woodfall Primary and Nursery 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, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 3 of the 10 earlier years.
- There were 38 first-choice applications for 38 offers for Reception 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 79% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- In 2024/25, 16% reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%), and 79% the expected standard (England 62%).
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
- Woodfall Lane, Little Neston, Neston, CH64 4BT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 438 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 June 2025
Strengths
- “The school is a warm and friendly place.”
- “Pupils feel safe and love coming to school.”
- “They rise to the high expectations that the school has for them.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes pupils’ misconceptions are not identified precisely and so are not addressed quickly enough, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “When this happens, gaps in pupils’ knowledge persist and so they struggle to embed new or more complex concepts securely.”
- “However, some do not have a deep enough understanding of different faiths and cultures.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2025 (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) | 79% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 38 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.
- St Winefride's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Neston Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willaston CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Parkgate Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Little Sutton C of E Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Childer Thornton Primary School 4.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sutton Green Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published