Over St John's CofE Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Delamere Street
Winsford
Cheshire
CW7 2LU
Phone 01606592608
Reference Number 111263

Over St John’s C of E Primary School continues to be a good school, providing a nurturing environment where pupils feel happy and safe. The school fosters a strong sense of belonging within its community, promoting mutual respect and care among pupils. With high expectations for achievement, the school implements an ambitious curriculum that generally allows pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to reach their potential. While pupils enjoy a broad educational experience, including cultural learning and physical health education, there are areas identified for improvement, particularly in ensuring that all pupils make connections between new and existing knowledge.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 137
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 43.8%
Girls: 56.2%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 37.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 20

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 13 21
2 13 5 18
3 7 11 18
4 7 10 17
5 8 13 21
6 10 11 21

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 93.4%
White, Other 2.2%
African 2.2%
Chinese 1.5%
Asian, Other 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 09 May 2024
Date Report
09 May 2024 School inspection
09 Jul 2019 Full inspection:
30 Jan 2018 Short inspection
10 Jun 2014 Full inspection:
15 Jan 2013 Interim assessment
10 Feb 2010 Full inspection:
10 Oct 2006 Full inspection:
10 Oct 2001 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils are happy, safe, and nurtured in the school.
  • Strong culture of reading with effective phonics teaching.
  • Ambitious curriculum design that supports pupils’ achievements.
  • High expectations for behaviour and learning.
  • Pupils enjoy participating in clubs and responsibilities.
  • Effective support for pupils with SEND.
  • Robust monitoring of attendance and effective support for improvement.
  • Strong engagement with parents and the community.

Areas for Improvement

  • In some subjects, links between new learning and prior knowledge are not consistently made.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 71%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

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 106
Maths 105

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 2.8
Writing 2
Maths 2.9

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 17 0
Third Preference 14 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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