Meadow Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.123 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meadow Primary School is a primary school in Ellesmere Port, 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.
Meadow 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 | 1.123 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.123 miles away, the 20th shortest of 42 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception distances have swung sharply, with the biggest move from 2023 to 2024; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2016.
- Reception 2026 drew 59 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meals eligibility is 5.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 23.9% 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
- Dolphin Crescent, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 4SZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 419 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 11 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this inclusive and welcoming school and attend well.”
- “They benefit from positive relationships with warm and caring staff.”
- “Pupils know there are trusted adults who they can speak to about any worries or concerns.”
To improve
- “However, at times, pupils are not supported effectively to write with accuracy in some subject areas.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 January 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 59 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 56 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 Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Brookside Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitby Heath Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Acorns Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Capenhurst CofE Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published