Charles Darwin Community Primary School is a primary school located in Northwich. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 17/03/2011. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.9%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Darwin Street, Northwich

School Information

Address: Darwin Street, Northwich, CW8 1BN
Website: www.charlesdarwin.cheshire.sch.uk/
Telephone: 0160675194
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Adam Croft
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 111053

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/03/2011

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 342
Number of Pupils: 340
Number of Boys: 181
Number of Girls: 159

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -0.4 Confidence interval -2.2 to 1.4
Writing
Average: 0.1 Confidence interval -1.5 to 1.7
Maths
Average: 0.1 Confidence interval -1.4 to 1.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:79%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:11%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:107
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Charles Darwin Community Primary School
Darwin Street , Castle CW8 1BN
3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School
Firdale Road , Firdale Park CW8 4AZ
3out of 4 559 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School
Greenbank Lane , Hartford CW8 1JW
3out of 4 934 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Kingsmead Primary School
Dukes Way , Kingsmead CW9 8WA
4out of 4 1,198 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School
Church Walk , CW9 5QQ
3out of 4 1,343 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Nicholas Catholic High School
Greenbank Lane , Hartford CW8 1JW
3out of 4 934 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Hartford Church of England High School
Hartford Campus Chester Road , CW8 1LH
3out of 4 1,358 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
The County High School, Leftwich
Granville Road , CW9 8EZ
4out of 4 1,949 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The Rudheath Senior Academy
Middlewich Road , Rudheath CW9 7DT
3out of 4 2,875 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sir John Deane's College
Monarch Drive , CW9 8AF
- not rated 753 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Greenbank School
Greenbank Lane , Hartford CW8 1LD
4out of 4 851 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
OneSchool Global Northwich
Hartford Manor , Greenbank Lane CW8 1HW
- not rated 971 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Cloughwood Academy
Stones Manor Lane , Hartford CW8 1NU
4out of 4 1,271 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
The Grange School
Bradburns Lane , Hartford CW8 1LU
- not rated 1,717 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Rosebank School
Townfield Lane , Barnton CW8 4QP
3out of 4 3,207 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.