Wharton CofE Primary School
Primary · Winsford · CW7 3EP
Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
244 pupils · 58% of 420 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 30.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 9.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 19.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.5% of pupils
- Website
- www.wharton.cheshire.sch.uk/
- URN
- 135635
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place26 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 15 October 2024: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- 17 November 2021: Requires improvement
- 6 July 2016: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School
- St. Chad's Church of England Primary and Nursery School
- Winsford High Street Community Primary School
- The Winsford Academy
- Darnhall Primary School
- Grange Community Nursery and Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Over St John's CofE Primary School