St. Chad's Church of England Primary and Nursery School

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Gladstone Street
Winsford
Cheshire
CW7 4AT
Phone 01606663683
Reference Number 111262

St. Chad’s Church of England Primary and Nursery School is performing well overall, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection. The school fosters a welcoming and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and respected. With strong leadership and a well-designed curriculum, pupils achieve well across most subjects, showing particularly good progress in phonics and reading. There is a strong community spirit, and pupils exhibit leadership qualities and engage actively with their local environment.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 163
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.53%
Girls: 48.47%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 30.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 21

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 9 23
2 12 16 28
3 9 10 19
4 14 8 22
5 8 12 20
6 12 11 23

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.4%
White, Other 1.8%
Indian 1.2%
Mixed, Other 1.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
White & Asian 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
African 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 14 Feb 2023
Date Report
14 Feb 2023 School inspection
13 Jun 2017 Full inspection:
20 Nov 2015 Monitoring visit
24 Jun 2015 Full inspection:
03 Feb 2015 Monitoring visit
22 Oct 2014 Monitoring visit
21 May 2014 Monitoring visit
22 Jan 2014 Full inspection:
08 Oct 2013 Monitoring visit
17 Jan 2013 Monitoring visit
31 Oct 2012 Full inspection:
09 Sep 2010 Full inspection:
27 Jan 2010 Monitoring visit
28 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
26 Apr 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils feel happy and safe at school.
  • Strong leadership ensures an ambitious curriculum.
  • Effective phonics curriculum supports early reading.
  • Inclusive approach for students with SEND.
  • Pupils demonstrate strong understanding of equality and diversity.
  • Pupils have opportunities for outdoor learning and community engagement.

Areas for Improvement

  • Not enough opportunities for pupils to revisit and embed prior learning.
  • Fragmented learning sequence in early years curriculum.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 61%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.6
Writing 0.6
Maths -2.5

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 8 0
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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