Elworth Hall Primary School

About Elworth Hall Primary School

Elworth Hall Primary School sits within the Cheshire East local authority, a large area with 123 primary schools where it currently ranks 71st on the key stage two expected standard measure. That places it in the bottom half of the LA, though the picture is more nuanced than a single rank suggests. The top-performing peers in the area — Peover Superior Endowed, Bexton, and Ashdene Primary Schools — all score higher on the same metric, but Elworth Hall has its own story to tell. The school is a state-funded, mixed-gender primary for children aged three to eleven, with a current roll of 197 pupils against a capacity of 210. It has nursery provision on site, and its most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2024 saw the school judged Good overall, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2021. The early years provision was rated Outstanding, and leadership, behaviour, personal development, and quality of education all came out as Good.

Academically, the 2023/24 key stage two results show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined was 59%, which falls below the Cheshire East average of 64%. In the individual subjects, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, the same in writing, and 78% in maths — all solid figures, but the combined measure drags the overall score down. At the higher standard, the numbers are low: 15% in reading, 7% in maths, and none in writing. The average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 102 in maths, both around the national average. Nationally, the school ranks in the 40th percentile among all primaries, and within the North West region it sits in the 43rd percentile. The school has no progress scores published, so it is not possible to say how much value it adds relative to pupils' starting points.

The school is clearly popular with local families: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 101 applications for just 30 places, an oversubscription ratio of 3.37 to one. Of those, 36 were first-preference applications, and 28 first-preference offers were made. The parent view survey, based on 90 responses from the period September 2024 to September 2025, shows strong satisfaction overall, with 82% of parents saying they would recommend the school. Notably, 88% of respondents strongly agreed or agreed that their child is happy, and 92% felt their child is safe. However, the SEND support question is a clear area of concern: 36% of parents disagreed or strongly disagreed that the school gives SEND children the support they need, the highest negative response in the survey. The school lists provisions for dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language, and physical disability. Facilities include an ICT suite, sensory room, library, playing fields, and a gymnasium, with clubs ranging from coding and eco club to drama and choir. This is a school that has turned around its Ofsted rating and is in high demand, but parents of children with additional needs may want to probe the SEND provision carefully.

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