Primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
Hoole Church of England Primary School
Hoole Lane, Hoole, Chester, Cheshire, CH2 3HB
Ofsted
Judged to have improved significantly, on 22 January 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 395
- Places
- 420
- How full
- 94% full — 395 of 420 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 211 / 184
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Cheshire West and Chester 036B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 56%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 8%
- Households owning their home
- 61%
- Households in social housing
- 4%
- Households with no car
- 18%
- Adults economically inactive
- 23%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- CHESTER DIOCESAN LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Rosalind Flanders
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Ward
- Newton & Hoole
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston
- URN
- 152079
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 84% | 0.3 mi |
| St Martin's Academy ChesterFree schools | No grade | 96% | 0.3 mi |
| Cherry Grove Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 61% | 0.4 mi |
| Oldfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Newton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Requires improvement 2023 | 53% | 0.7 mi |
| Boughton Heath AcademyAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | 88% | 0.8 mi |
| The Grosvenor Park Church of England AcademyFree schools | Good 2023 | 63% | 0.8 mi |
| The Firs SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.9 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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