Academy converter · Primary
Chester · CH2 3HB · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 134248
Hoole Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Chester · CH2 3HB
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
399
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, 399 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 13%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Chester.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Closed
- URN
- 134248
Location
- Address
- Hoole Lane, Hoole
- Postcode
- CH2 3HB
- Town
- Chester
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- District
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 16 Jan 2025.
- Pupils on roll
- 399
- Boys / girls
- 193 / 206
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 399 / 420 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 13%
- FSM pupils
- 52
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chester
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rosalind Flanders
Official links
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 68%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
4.2%
Persistent absence
10.8%
Unauthorised
1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 370
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 4.1% · Persistent 7.6%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.6% · Persistent 14.6%