Huxley CofE Primary School
Primary · Chester · CH3 9BH
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 10 March 2022. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 10 March 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
63 pupils · 129% of 49 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 22.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 150475
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 9 Reception places, 1.78 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 4.556 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 10 March 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 32.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.78 first-choice applications per place9 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 4.556 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 4.556 miles
measured in a straight line.
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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)
6 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 84% (Cheshire West and Chester 83%, England 60%) · Not recorded 10% (Cheshire West and Chester 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Cheshire West and Chester 4%, England 7%) · White Irish 2% (Cheshire West and Chester 0%, England 0%)
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
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 pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,635; 20% 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 69% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £9,000; in-year balance -£10,000
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The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 41% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 41.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 51.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 77.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 4.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 18.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 53.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 2.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 43.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 6.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018369 · how to read area figures
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