Dee Point Primary School
Blacon Point Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5NF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Dave Williams
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 485
- URN
- 111218
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01244372631
About this school
Dee Point Primary School is a community primary school in Chester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 485 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
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- 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 | 68 | 52 | 65 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 35% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 46% | 46% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 58% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 48% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| 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 Dee Point 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 | 35% | 57.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 35% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 40% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 468 |
| 2023/24 | 491 |
| 2024/25 | 489 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dee Point Primary School compares
Dee Point Primary School ranked 104th of 116 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40% | 6.3% | 46.3% | 485 | — |
| Highfield Community Primary School | 50% | 4.8% | 27.7% | 218 | 0.5 miles |
| J H Godwin Primary School | 32% | 6.9% | 38.7% | 161 | 0.5 miles |
| The Arches Community Primary School | 65% | 6.6% | 51.6% | 180 | 0.6 miles |
| St Theresa's Catholic Primary School | 48% | 5.3% | 36.1% | 179 | 0.9 miles |
| Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School | 61% | 6.1% | 17.2% | 369 | 1.4 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
-
Graded inspection report6 May 2026
- 10 October 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.26%
- English as an additional language
- 10.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.32%
- Persistent absence
- 17.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Highfield Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Chester
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J H Godwin Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Chester
-
The Arches Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Chester
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St Theresa's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chester
-
Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Chester
Other schools in Chester
Dee Point Primary School ranks 31st 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
- Dodleston CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dee Point Primary School teach?
- Dee Point Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Chester.
- Who is the headteacher of Dee Point Primary School?
- The headteacher of Dee Point Primary School is Mr Dave Williams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dee Point Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dee Point 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 Dee Point Primary School?
- Dee Point Primary School has 485 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Dee Point Primary School full?
- Dee Point Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 485 on roll (115%), so it is at or above 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 Dee Point Primary School a faith school?
- No. Dee Point Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Dee Point Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Dee Point Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Dee Point Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Dee Point Primary School's special educational needs provision as: OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Dee Point Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% in 2022/23 and 40% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dee Point Primary School rank locally?
- Dee Point Primary School ranked 104th of 116 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dee Point Primary School's absence rate?
- Dee Point Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dee Point Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dee Point 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 15 July 2026.