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Wincham Community Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11Community

Pickmere, CW9 6EP · Cheshire West and Chester local authority

Pickmere’s School Grade D better than 9% of towns in England

Its letter
42%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
27/27
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
223 pupils
71% of its 315 places
Free school meals
7%
7 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Wincham Community Primary School

  • Its own letter, C+: Key Stage 2 results better than 42% of England’s primary schools
  • Room to spare: 223 pupils for 315 places
  • 7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (27 of 27)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (CW9 6) sold for a median £329,997; Pickmere’s is £315,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 60%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 42% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Cheshire West and Chester avg 61%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Wincham Community Primary 60%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading80%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)75%
England’s schools 73%
Maths80%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling80%
England’s schools 74%
Reached the higher standard in all three0%
England’s schools 8% · Cheshire West and Chester 6% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Wincham Community Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

27
families put it first for September 2026
27
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Cheshire West and Chester council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Cheshire West and Chester council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Wincham Community Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.86 per place
100% got their first choice

Pickmere and Cheshire West and Chester, side by side

2023–2025

All 122 graded primaries in Cheshire West and Chester. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Pickmere’s schools are coloured by their letter.

25%37%49%61%73%85%10%20%30%40%50%60%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Wincham Community
ABCDElsewhere in Cheshire West and ChesterWincham Community Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Delamere CofE Primary AcademyA+3%95%
Lower Peover CofE Primary SchoolA+9%92%
Belgrave Primary SchoolA+7%86%
St Martin's Academy ChesterA+5%85%
Mill View Primary SchoolA+7%85%
St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary SchoolA8%81%
Childer Thornton Primary SchoolA10%81%
Boughton Heath AcademyA5%80%
Acresfield AcademyA7%80%
St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolA10%79%
Parkgate Primary SchoolA10%78%
Guilden Sutton CofE Primary SchoolA2%78%
Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-SchoolA4%77%
Waverton Community Primary SchoolA3%76%
Tarporley CofE Primary SchoolA9%76%
Comberbach Nursery and Primary SchoolA6%76%
Lostock Gralam CofE Primary SchoolA21%76%
Barnton Community Nursery and Primary SchoolA−18%75%
Sandiway Primary SchoolA−3%75%
Hartford Manor Primary School & NurseryA−6%74%
Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary SchoolA−5%74%
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolA−11%74%
Hoole Church of England Primary SchoolA−12%74%
Helsby Hillside Primary SchoolA−9%73%
Kelsall Primary and Nursery SchoolA−6%73%
Grange Community Nursery and Primary SchoolA−50%73%
Willaston CofE Primary SchoolA−2%72%
Charles Darwin Community Primary SchoolA−25%71%
Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary SchoolA−9%71%
Eaton Primary SchoolA−6%71%
Woodfall Primary and Nursery SchoolA−12%71%
The Grosvenor Park Church of England AcademyB+11%70%
Mickle Trafford Village SchoolB+12%69%
Frodsham Manor House Primary SchoolB+13%69%
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, WeaverhamB+6%69%
Whitley Village SchoolB+7%69%
Hartford Primary SchoolB+7%69%
Norley Church of England Primary SchoolB+11%69%
Tarvin Primary SchoolB+4%68%
Davenham CofE Primary SchoolB+6%68%
Moulton SchoolB24%67%
Saughall All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolB8%67%
Little Leigh Primary SchoolB13%67%
Leftwich Community Primary SchoolB35%67%
Christleton Primary SchoolB4%66%
Meadow Primary SchoolB6%66%
Tattenhall Park Primary SchoolB7%65%
Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery SchoolB14%65%
St. Chad's Church of England Primary SchoolB29%65%
Over St John's CofE Primary SchoolB39%65%
The Oak View AcademyB46%65%
Victoria Road Primary SchoolB29%65%
Wolverham Primary and Nursery SchoolB−40%64%
Byley Primary School and NurseryB−11%63%
Capenhurst CofE Primary SchoolB−13%63%
Kingsmead Primary SchoolB−7%62%
Cuddington Primary SchoolB−10%62%
Newton Primary SchoolB−15%61%
Neston Primary SchoolB−36%61%
Huntington Community Primary SchoolB−7%61%
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolB−24%61%
Aston by Sutton Primary SchoolC+12%60%
Horn's Mill Primary SchoolC+16%60%
Wincham Community Primary SchoolC+7%60%
Frodsham CofE Primary SchoolC+4%60%
Whitegate CofE Primary SchoolC+9%60%
St Winefride's Catholic Primary SchoolC+21%59%
Eccleston CofE Primary SchoolC+8%59%
The Arches Community Primary SchoolC+55%59%
Parklands Community Primary and Nursery SchoolC+51%59%
Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolC+24%58%
St Luke's Catholic Primary SchoolC+27%58%
Frodsham Primary AcademyC+46%58%
Antrobus St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolC9%57%
Cherry Grove Primary SchoolC16%56%
Barrow CofE Primary SchoolC17%56%
Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolC13%56%
Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary SchoolC12%55%
William Stockton Community Primary SchoolC40%55%
Darnhall Primary SchoolC39%54%
St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery SchoolC37%54%
Clutton Church of England Primary SchoolC18%54%
Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery SchoolC−29%53%
Whitby Heath Primary SchoolC−11%53%
Duddon St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolC−12%53%
Upton Heath CofE Primary SchoolC−12%53%
Dodleston CofE Primary SchoolC−12%53%
Farndon Primary SchoolC−12%52%
Westminster Community Primary SchoolC−54%52%
Wimboldsley Community Primary SchoolC−8%52%
Kingsley Community Primary School and NurseryC−8%51%
Rivacre Valley Primary SchoolC−30%51%
Oldfield Primary SchoolC−5%51%
Sutton Green Primary SchoolC−17%50%
Ashton Hayes Primary SchoolC−2%50%
Great Budworth CofE Primary SchoolC−3%50%
Weaverham Primary AcademyC−35%50%
Elton Primary SchoolC−18%49%
Malpas Alport Endowed Primary SchoolC−21%49%
Brookside Primary SchoolC−41%49%
Rudheath Primary Academy and NurseryC−24%49%
St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolC−33%48%
Highfield Community Primary SchoolC−24%48%
Woodlands Primary SchoolC−18%48%
Alvanley and Manley Village SchoolD10%47%
The Acorns Primary and Nursery SchoolD49%47%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyD27%47%
St Theresa's Catholic Primary SchoolD36%46%
Winsford High Street Community Primary SchoolD30%45%
Little Sutton C of E Primary SchoolD13%45%
Over Hall Community SchoolD58%44%
Rossmore SchoolD23%43%
Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolD8%40%
J H Godwin Primary SchoolD45%39%
Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary SchoolD−50%38%
Weaverham Forest Primary SchoolD−17%37%
Dee Point Primary SchoolD−47%37%
Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary SchoolD−33%34%
Lache Primary SchoolD−52%34%
Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary SchoolD−4%33%
The Oaks Community Primary SchoolD−48%33%
Wharton CofE Primary SchoolD−30%28%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

277 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
1.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
9.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 53%Boys 47%
Its letter

Wincham Community Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths C+Better than 42% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, November 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Wincham Community Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CW9 6, the school’s postcode sector

Pickmere property prices →
£329,997
median sale, 270 sales in 36 months · Pickmere £315,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025CW9 6Pickmere
CW9 6Pickmere

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£355K
Semi-detached
£290K
Terraced
£268K
CW9 6Pickmere

Homes in CW9 6 sell for a little over Pickmere’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−AC+Wincham Community Primary S…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Pickmere, CW9 6EP

Wincham Community Primary School: common questions

Is Wincham Community Primary School a good school?

By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 42% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C+), with 60% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, November 2023.

How hard is it to get into Wincham Community Primary School?

For September 2026, 27 families put Wincham Community Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 27 places were offered in all.

What is Wincham Community Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2023).

How much do houses cost near Wincham Community Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, CW9 6, sold for a median £329,997 over the 36 months to August 2026 (270 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Pickmere’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.