Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Chester, 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 🔒
Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Overleigh St Mary's Church of England 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 applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 6 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2026 Reception had 28 first-choice applications for 36 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 9th lowest of 122 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 of the 2026 Reception offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Old Wrexham Road, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7HS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 447 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 28 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 28 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.
- Belgrave Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lache Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Boughton Heath Academy 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cherry Grove Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Huntington Community Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published