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Primary school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester

Cuddington Primary School

Ash Road, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 2NY

Ofsted Good · 2023
School website 01270360030
Ofsted Good April 2023
Met the expected standard 58% around the middle nationally
Chance of a place 91% of first choices offered
Local deprivation 6/10 mid-range

Ofsted

Goodas at 19 April 2023

Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 19 April 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Good
Last overall grade in this dataset
Good
Days since inspection
1,262 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

58% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

6% England 8.1%

Average reading score

107 England 105.3

Average maths score

103 England 104.1

On the headline measure this school is around the middle of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Getting a place 2026/27 entry

Slightly oversubscribed. Of the 32 families who named this school as their first choice, 91% were offered a place.

Places offered
30

for entry into Reception

Named it first choice
32
First choices per place
1.07

England average 1.00

First choices offered a place
91%

England 95.1%

First preferences per place are up 53% on three years ago.

These are offers made on national offer day for 2026/27 entry, from the local authority's co-ordinated admissions round. They exclude later movement — waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions — so a school shown as oversubscribed may still have places by September.

Oversubscription measures popularity, not quality, and the two are not the same thing: a school can be heavily oversubscribed because of its intake, its faith designation or simply because the nearest alternative is further away. We do not publish catchment maps, because catchments are not published: each admissions authority applies its own criteria afresh every year, and the distance that got a child in last year is not a boundary. Read the school's own admissions arrangements for the rules that will actually apply.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
190
Places
210
How full
90% full — 190 of 210 places taken
Girls / boys
78 / 112
Overall absence
3%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
5%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
7%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
3%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
0%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
16%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
1

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
5

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
1
Busiest road nearby
A556

14,975 vehicles a day (2025)

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
13

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Cuddington Rail Station

1 km away — railway station

Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

6/10 Deprivation decile

Among around the middle for England.

6/10 Child poverty decile

Among around the middle for England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£392,500

postcode sector CW8 2 · 362 sales

Typical range
£280,000 to £545,000

middle half of sales

Detached
£497,500
Semi-detached
£285,000
Terraced
£262,500
Flat
£180,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
40%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
13%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
24%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
9%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
53%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
68%

England 62.7%

Social housing
18%

England 17%

Privately rented
11%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
58%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
47%

England 22.5%

No car
11%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Cheshire West and Chester 024D and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Beth Hacking
Opened as this establishment
1 October 2019
Register status
Open
Ward
Weaver & Cuddington
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury
URN
146622

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first choices per place; the table keeps the underlying counts.

Reception

1.20 2020/21: 0.69 first choices per place2021/22: 0.89 first choices per place2022/23: 0.73 first choices per place2023/24: 0.70 first choices per place2024/25: 1.10 first choices per place2025/26: 1.00 first choices per place2026/27: 1.07 first choices per place2020202220242026
All 7 annual observations
Entry yearPlacesFirst choicesPer placeFirst choices offered
2020/21 26 18 0.69 100%
2021/22 19 17 0.89 100%
2022/23 26 19 0.73 100%
2023/24 30 21 0.70 100%
2024/25 30 33 1.10 88%
2025/26 20 20 1.00 100%
2026/27 30 32 1.07 91%

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Sandiway Primary SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 81% 0.6 mi
Norley Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2019 53% 2 mi
Whitegate CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school No overall grade 52% 2.1 mi
Weaverham Forest Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2022 38% 2.3 mi
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, WeaverhamVoluntary aided school Good 2023 70% 2.3 mi
Weaverham Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 58% 2.4 mi
Hartford Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2021 75% 2.5 mi
Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school No overall grade — 2.7 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 58%
Median of its 12 closest peers 71%
Cheshire West and Chester average 58%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Halsall St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Ormskirk No overall grade 65%
Thurlbear Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Taunton Good 2024 73%
Hemyock Primary SchoolAcademy converter Cullompton Report card 2026 80%
Greysbrooke Primary SchoolAcademy converter Lichfield Good 2023 71%
Cronton Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy converter Widnes Outstanding 2024 83%
Ingleton Primary SchoolCommunity school Carnforth No overall grade 63%
Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England SchoolVoluntary controlled school Wallingford Good 2024 73%
St Andrew's Church of England AcademyAcademy converter Yelverton Good 2023 63%
St Clare's RC Primary SchoolAcademy converter Middlesbrough No overall grade 55%
Devoran SchoolCommunity school Truro Good 2023 52%
St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Manchester Good 2023 69%
Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-SchoolCommunity school Taunton Good 2023 84%

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 146622; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 19 April 2023
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
AdmissionsDfE school applications and offers2026/27 plus history to 2014/15Exact URN and entry point; national offer day
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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