Eaton Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Tarporley · CW6 9AN · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 5–11
- KS271%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM5.7%
- Demand0.95
1.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 111260
Tarporley CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Tarporley · CW6 0AN
Ages 4–11 · 259 pupils · Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
78%
Overall absence
4.1%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-07-16
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)78%
Higher standard (RWM)5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 110.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.6%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 258
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
23
Places offered
24
1st-preference offers
23
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 54
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 24
- Applications from outside LA
- 4
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill82%
259 pupils · 315 places
- Pupils on roll
- 259
- Boys / girls
- 130 / 129
- School capacity
- 315
- Capacity fill
- 259 / 315 (82%)
- Free school meals
- 8.5%
- FSM pupils
- 22
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chester
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kerry Forrester
Location
- Address
- Park Road
- Postcode
- CW6 0AN
- Town
- Tarporley
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- District
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
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 Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester, 259 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 8.5%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Chester.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Huxley CofE Primary School
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Chester · CH3 9BH · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 5–11
- Absence32.2%
- FSM20.6%
- Demand1.00
2.7 miles away
Duddon St Peter's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Tarporley · CW6 0EL · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 2–11
- KS244%
- Absence7.6%
- FSM12.1%
- Demand0.75
2.8 miles away
Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Tarporley · CW6 9NR · Cheshire East
Ages 2–11
- KS247%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM3.5%
- Demand0.97
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kerry Forrester
- Telephone
- 01829708188