Capenhurst CofE Primary School
Primary · Chester · CH1 6HE
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.
Inspected 15 February 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
88 pupils · 84% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 152084
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.20 first choices per place. We hold 5 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 15 February 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.20 first-choice applications per place15 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · 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.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- In area
- 1.018 miles
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Chester school admissions · Cheshire West and Chester school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 85% (Cheshire West and Chester 83%, England 60%) · Black African 6% (Cheshire West and Chester 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (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)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
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 £54,351; 40% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 41% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 11.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 39.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 8.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 54% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 76.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 4.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 19.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 47.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 3.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 45.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 6.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018360 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £270,000335 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £223,000–£340,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.
Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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