Highfield Community Primary School is a primary school located in Chester. 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 13/01/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are above average, progress in writing is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.4%, which is 0.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Blacon Point Road, Chester

School Information

Address: Blacon Point Road, Chester, CH1 5LD
Website: www.highfield-blacon.cheshire.sch.uk
Telephone: 01244259650
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Nicola Dowling
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 131421

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 13/01/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 223
Number of Boys: 132
Number of Girls: 91

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 6.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 2.8 Confidence interval 0.6 to 5
Writing
Average: -1.1 Confidence interval -3.2 to 0.9
Maths
Above Average: 2.1 Confidence interval 0.2 to 4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:73%
England Average:65%

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

School:17%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:108
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:108
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Highfield Community Primary School
Blacon Point Road , Blacon CH1 5LD 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
The Arches Community Primary School
Saughall Road , Blacon CH1 5EZ 		3out of 4 358 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Theresa's Catholic Primary School
Kipling Road , Blacon CH1 5UU 		3out of 4 741 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Dee Point Primary School
Blacon Point Road , Blacon CH1 5NF 		3out of 4 899 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
J H Godwin Primary School
Melbourne Road , Blacon CH1 5JG 		3out of 4 1,016 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
Melbourne Road , Blacon CH1 5JH 		3out of 4 1,001 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
University of Chester
Parkgate Road , CH1 4BJ 		- not rated 1,767 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Ancora House School
Countess of Chester Health Park , CH2 1BQ 		4out of 4 1,778 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Queen's School
City Walls Road , CH1 2NN 		- not rated 2,257 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Abbey School for Exceptional Children
10-12 Abbey Square , Chester CH1 2HU 		- not rated 2,510 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Saltney Wood Memorial C.P. School
Boundary Lane , Saltney CH4 8LN 		- not rated 2,830 yd Welsh establishment Not Applicable Not applicable More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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