Waverton Community Primary School
Common Lane, Waverton, Chester, CH3 7QT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carla Cartwright
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 197
- URN
- 111106
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01244268985
About this school
Waverton Community Primary School is a community primary school in Chester. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 197 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 32 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 88% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 97% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 88% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 97% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 111.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 109.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Waverton Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cheshire West and Chester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 57.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 88% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 195 |
| 2023/24 | 203 |
| 2024/25 | 201 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Waverton Community Primary School compares
Waverton Community Primary School ranked 20th of 116 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 197 | — |
| Christleton Primary School | 53% | 3% | 3.7% | 220 | 1.2 miles |
| Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-School | 69% | 2.5% | 5.6% | 112 | 1.5 miles |
| Huntington Community Primary School | 63% | 4.4% | 7.2% | 385 | 1.9 miles |
| Boughton Heath Academy | 88% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 225 | 2.1 miles |
| Oldfield Primary School | — | 3% | 5.4% | 207 | 2.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 2.49%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 3.13%
- Persistent absence
- 3.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Christleton Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Chester
-
Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-School1.5 miles
Primary · Chester
-
Huntington Community Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Chester
-
Boughton Heath Academy2.1 miles
Primary · Chester
-
Oldfield Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Chester
Other schools in Chester
Waverton Community Primary School ranks 9th of the 34 ranked primary schools in Chester.
- Acresfield Academy Primary
- Ashton Hayes Primary School Primary
- Barrow CofE Primary School Primary
- Barrow CofE Primary School Primary
- Belgrave Primary School Primary
- Boughton Heath Academy Primary
- Capenhurst CofE Primary School Primary
- Cherry Grove Primary School Primary
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School Primary
- Christleton Primary School Primary
- Clutton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dee Point Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Waverton Community Primary School teach?
- Waverton Community Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Chester.
- Who is the headteacher of Waverton Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Waverton Community Primary School is Mrs Carla Cartwright, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Waverton Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Waverton Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Waverton Community Primary School?
- Waverton Community Primary School has 197 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Waverton Community Primary School full?
- Waverton Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 197 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Waverton Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Waverton Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Waverton Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Waverton Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Waverton Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Waverton Community Primary School rank locally?
- Waverton Community Primary School ranked 20th of 116 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Waverton Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Waverton Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Waverton Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Waverton Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.