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Cuddington Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 190 pupils Northwich
Ofsted: Good
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Cuddington Primary School is an academy converter in Northwich for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 190 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Cuddington Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2017 of its predecessor, Cuddington Primary School. In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Pupils turn up more reliably than at almost any other primary school: they missed just 3% of sessions in 2024/25, against 5.2% nationally.

Ofsted inspection: June 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Ash Road
Cuddington
Northwich
Cheshire
CW8 2NY
Phone 01270360030
Reference Number 146622

General Makeup

Number of pupils 190
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 58.95%
Girls: 41.05%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 9.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 13 18 31
2 18 11 29
3 18 12 30
4 14 8 22
5 17 8 25
6 19 12 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 90%
White, Other 1.6%
Chinese 1.6%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
African 1.1%
White & Asian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Cuddington Primary School, inspected in February 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 18 Apr 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
18 Apr 2023 School inspection
04 Oct 2019 Academy conversion letter
28 Feb 2017 Full inspection:
Previously as Cuddington Primary School
07 Dec 2011 Full inspection:
23 Mar 2009 Full inspection:
16 Jan 2006 Full inspection:
07 Feb 2000 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 58%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 109
Maths 106

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 0.5
Writing -1.8
Maths -2.3

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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.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 22 1
Third Preference 14 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Cuddington Primary School had 191 pupils for 315 places. 124 places (39.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Northwich North West Primary” planning area

Cheshire West and Chester counted 58 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 46 in 2029–30, down 21%.

20212022202320242025
Places 315315315315315
Pupils 215208193189191
Unfilled 31.7%34.0%38.7%40.0%39.4%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Cuddington Primary School attended 97.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 1.9%4.4%3.2%3.2%2.1%
Unauthorised absence 0.3%0.6%0.8%0.9%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Cuddington Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.92.41.60.00.0
Permanent exclusions 000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Cuddington Primary School had 18.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.514.415.312.812.412.612.1
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%10.6%11.5%0.0%0.0%20.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –30.8%54.5%45.5%50.0%33.3%–
Sick days per teacher –1.52.91.53.81.4–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.3% of pupils at Cuddington Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 12 0
Moderate learning difficulty 6 1
Social, emotional and mental health 5 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 1
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Physical disability 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Cuddington Primary School received £6,400 and spent £6,459 for each of its 193 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £15,000 (-£76 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Create Learning Trust, income was £6,597 and spending £6,655 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £43,000£64,000£41,000-£8,000-£15,000
per pupil £196£307£212-£46-£76
In-year balance £46,000£88,000-£29,000-£49,000-£11,000
per pupil £210£423-£150-£266-£58

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Davenham CofE Primary School
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Name Distance
Weaverham High School
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2.2 miles
The Russett School
Middlehurst Avenue, Weaverham, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 3BW
2.42 miles
The Grange School
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2.72 miles
Hartford Church of England High School
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2.94 miles
Cloughwood Academy
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3.15 miles
Elmy Hall School
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St Nicholas Catholic High School
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Greenbank School
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The Winsford Academy
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3.96 miles
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Oaklands School
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4.07 miles
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4.7 miles
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All schools in Northwich · Cheshire West and Chester local authority: places and applications

Cuddington Primary School is part of Create Learning Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

What is Cuddington Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cuddington Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2017 of its predecessor, Cuddington Primary School.

When was Cuddington Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cuddington Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Cuddington Primary School have?

Cuddington Primary School has 190 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cuddington Primary School cover?

Cuddington Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Cuddington Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cuddington Primary School?

Cuddington Primary School is at Ash Road, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 2NY.

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