Lache Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Cheshire West and Chester
Hawthorn Road, Chester, CH4 8HX
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 14/05/2024
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.4%
15.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
169
Capacity used
Has space66%
258 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
15 of 15 families who put it first got an offer
26
Places offered
31
Total applications
1.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 15 | 15 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 9 | 5 | ● 56% |
| 3rd preference | 7 | 1 | ● 14% |
| Total | 31 | 21 | 68% |
Cheshire West and Chester lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Vicky Field
- Address
- Hawthorn Road, Lache, Chester, CH4 8HX
- Phone
- 01244470380
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Ward / constituency
- Lache · Chester South and Eddisbury
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150470
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 52% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CONCORDIA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
169 pupils · 258 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
14 May 2024
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 145 pupils
Attendance
94.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
15.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.