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Weston Village Primary School

Primary · Crewe · CW2 5LZ

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 15 September 2026 · report published 18 October 2026

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At a glance

224 pupils · 84% of 266 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.weston.cheshire.sch.uk
URN
145587

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 39 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.30 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 15 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.30 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 39 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 4
1.506 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

32 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
78%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school78%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
Cheshire East average64.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary SchoolSouthport · 45 miles awayNeeds attention47%
Wellesley Primary SchoolBristol · 106 miles awayGood57%
St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolFareham · 160 miles awayExpected standard76%
St Georges Church SchoolWeston-Super-Mare · 119 miles awayGood67%
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, NewchurchRossendale · 44 miles awayOutstanding74%
The Duchy School BradninchExeter · 161 miles awayOutstanding85%
Thomlinson Junior SchoolWigton · 125 miles awayGood46%
The Priory Church of England Primary SchoolChristchurch · 163 miles awayNeeds attention62%
St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolYork · 82 miles awayGood54%
Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSaxmundham · 173 miles awayGood78%
St James Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolEmsworth · 165 miles awayGood69%
Clenchwarton Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 117 miles awayGood53%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Cheshire East 79%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Cheshire East 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Cheshire East 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Cheshire East 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Cheshire East 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.30 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cheshire East: 1.28 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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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

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school

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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 11 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 £53,507; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,565
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £142,000; in-year balance +£49,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.2%62.3%
Social housing8.1%17.1%
Privately rented12.7%20.5%
Detached houses53.8%22.9%
Flats1.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034672 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£274,00042 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£211,000–£325,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (24)£300,000
Semi-detached (12)£258,000
Terraced (6)£202,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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

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