Wolverham Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Ellesmere Port · CH65 5AT
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 25 May 2022
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277 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 40.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 17.6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 8.4% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 144562
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.52 first-choice applications per place29 places offered · 44 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed
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)
35 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)
74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% moved to another state school · 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, academy 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
- 24 May 2022: School remains Outstanding
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School
- Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School
- The Oaks Community Primary School
- Ellesmere Port Church of England College
- William Stockton Community Primary School
- Whitby Heath Primary School
- Westminster Community Primary School
- Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School