Hartford Primary School
Riddings Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NA
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Hartford Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lindsay Cade
- Constituency
- Weaver Vale
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 418
- URN
- 111119
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
About this school
Hartford Primary School was a community primary school in Northwich. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 418 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hartford Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.60 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - |
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 Hartford 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 | 75% | 57.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Hartford Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4% | 7.7% | 418 | — |
| Hartford Primary School | 73% | 3.6% | 7.3% | 396 | 0.0 miles |
| Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery | 77% | 5% | 6.6% | 442 | 0.6 miles |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School | 62% | 5.1% | 9.6% | 191 | 0.9 miles |
| Kingsmead Primary School | 66% | 3.2% | 6.7% | 308 | 1.0 miles |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Weaverham | 73% | 3.5% | 8% | 151 | 1.2 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.7%
- English as an additional language
- 7.9%
- Overall absence
- 4%
- Persistent absence
- 8.7%
Location
Nearby schools
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Hartford Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Northwich
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Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Northwich
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St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Northwich
-
Kingsmead Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Northwich
-
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Weaverham1.2 miles
Primary · Northwich
Other schools in Northwich
- Antrobus St Mark's CofE Primary School Primary
- Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Charles Darwin Community Primary School Primary
- Comberbach Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Cuddington Primary School Primary
- Davenham CofE Primary School Primary
- Great Budworth CofE Primary School Primary
- Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Hartford Primary School Primary
- Kingsmead Primary School Primary
- Leftwich Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Hartford Primary School teach?
- Hartford Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Northwich.
- Has Hartford Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hartford Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Hartford Primary School?
- Hartford Primary School had 418 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Hartford Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hartford Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hartford 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 30 November 2023.