Overleigh St Mary's CofE 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 16/07/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, progress in writing is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.4%, which is 0.6 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Old Wrexham Road, Chester

School Information

Address: Old Wrexham Road, Chester, CH4 7HS
Website: http://www.overleighstmarysce.cheshire.sch.uk
Telephone: 01244267525
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Emma Drew
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 111290

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 16/07/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 450
Number of Pupils: 389
Number of Boys: 201
Number of Girls: 188

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 5.7% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: 1 Confidence interval -0.7 to 2.8
Writing
Below Average: -1.7 Confidence interval -3.3 to -0.1
Maths
Average: -0.7 Confidence interval -2.2 to 0.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:68%
England Average:65%

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

School:10%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Community Nursery School
Old Wrexham Road , CH4 7HS
4out of 4 86 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Overleigh St Mary's CofE Primary School
Old Wrexham Road , Handbridge CH4 7HS
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
Belgrave Primary School
Five Ashes Road , Westminster Park CH4 7QS
4out of 4 1,249 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy
Union Street , CH1 1QP
3out of 4 1,500 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
Lache Primary School
Hawthorn Road , Lache CH4 8HX
3out of 4 1,785 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Hawthorn Road , Lache CH4 8HX
3out of 4 1,830 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Catholic High School, Chester
Old Wrexham Road , Handbridge CH4 7HS
3out of 4 221 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Queen's Park High School
Queens Park Road , Handbridge CH4 7AE
2out of 4 737 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Chester International School
Queens Park Campus, Queens Park Road , Handbridge CH4 7AE
- not rated 931 yd Studio schools No Mixed More About School
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Vaughans Lane , Great Boughton CH3 5XF
3out of 4 1,885 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Queen's School
City Walls Road , CH1 2NN
- not rated 1,505 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
The King's School
Wrexham Road , CH4 7QL
- not rated 1,524 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Dee Banks School
Dee Banks , Sandy Lane CH3 5UX
3out of 4 1,584 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Abbey School for Exceptional Children
10-12 Abbey Square , Chester CH1 2HU
- not rated 1,622 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Saltney Wood Memorial C.P. School
Boundary Lane , Saltney CH4 8LN
- not rated 2,241 yd Welsh establishment Not Applicable Not applicable More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.