Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School
Glebe Close, Cheswardine, Market Drayton, TF9 2RU
This school is closed (it closed in April 2024).
It was replaced by Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Williams
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 84
- Pupils on roll
- 54
- URN
- 123357
- Local authority
- Shropshire
About this school
Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School was a community primary school in Market Drayton. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 54 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Cheswardine Primary and Nursery 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 | 6 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 100% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.90 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - |
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 Cheswardine Primary and Nursery 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 | Shropshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33% | 55.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 56.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56 |
| 2023/24 | 54 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.7% | 21.4% | 54 | — |
| Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School | 33% | 4% | 19.1% | 54 | 0.0 miles |
| Hinstock Primary School | 40% | 4.1% | 13.9% | 124 | 2.6 miles |
| Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School | 73% | 3.9% | 11.2% | 206 | 3.9 miles |
| Longlands Primary School | 61% | 6.2% | 46.3% | 201 | 4.0 miles |
| Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School | — | 4.9% | 26.4% | 346 | 4.1 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.4%
- English as an additional language
- 3.7%
- Overall absence
- 3.7%
- Persistent absence
- 16.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School0.0 miles
Primary · Market Drayton
-
Hinstock Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Market Drayton
-
Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Market Drayton
-
Longlands Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Market Drayton
-
Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School4.1 miles
Primary · Market Drayton
Other schools in Market Drayton
- Adderley CofE Primary School Primary
- Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Hinstock Primary School Primary
- Hodnet Primary School Primary
- Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School Primary
- Longlands Primary School Primary
- Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School Primary
- Market Drayton Junior School Primary
- Moreton Say CofE Primary School Primary
- Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary School Primary
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Market Drayton.
- Has Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cheswardine Primary and Nursery 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 Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School?
- Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School had 54 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cheswardine Primary and Nursery 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 9 July 2024.