Voluntary aided school · Cheshire West and Chester
Great Budworth CofE Primary School
- Primary
- Ages 3–11
- Church of England
Term dates
Voluntary aided schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Cheshire West and Chester council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Reception
For September 2026, 6 families put this school as their first choice, and 7 places were offered. 6 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 7 | 6 | 100% |
| September 2025 | 9 | 9 | 89% |
| September 2024 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
No club is registered with Ofsted at this school's address. Ask the school about breakfast or after-school care, or find clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 19 May 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
Special measures
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Urgent improvement
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards: met.
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 37 (capacity 96)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chester
- Phone
- 01606663690
- Address
- School Lane, Great Budworth, Northwich, CW9 6HQ
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.