Capenhurst CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.018 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Capenhurst CofE 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.
Capenhurst CofE 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 | 1.018 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
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 1.018 miles, 17th shortest of 42 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 10 of the 11 years with a published outcome between 2016 and 2026.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 15 offers; all 15 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 12.5%, against a middle figure of 22.8% 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
- Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst, Chester, CH1 6HE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 88 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
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, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Meadow Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Brookside Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sutton Green Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Little Sutton C of E Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published