Oldfield Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Oldfield Primary School is a primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Oldfield 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- Reception places ran out in 7 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome, and the last distance swung sharply, most of all from 2016 to 2017.
- 4.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 7.8% 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
- Green Lane, Vicars Cross, Chester, CH3 5LB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- Hoole Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cherry Grove Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Martin's Academy Chester 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Boughton Heath Academy 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Guilden Sutton CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Newton Primary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Christleton Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published