Clutton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Chester · CH3 9ER
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 9 September 2026
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39 pupils · 46% of 84 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 7.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 10.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.cluttonprimary.co.uk/
- URN
- 145076
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 1 families named it first for 1 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 5 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Chester school admissions · Cheshire West and Chester school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
5 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 95% (Cheshire West and Chester 83%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Cheshire West and Chester 4%, England 7%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cheshire West and Chester: 1.86 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,920; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£115,000
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Inspection history since 2015
- 30 June 2026: Needs attention
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 44.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 11.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 44.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 53.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 77.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 5.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 16.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 59.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 39.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 4.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018373 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £200,00018 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £178,000–£222,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 1a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted