Primary
Darnhall Primary School
Sandyhill Road, Darnhall, Winsford, CW7 1JL
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 440 of 405 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 48.2
- Pupils per adult
- 8.9
- Pupils
- 431
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
49%
3 points below the Winsford average (52% across 10 schools)
102.0
1.8 below the Winsford average (103.8 across 10 schools)
5th of 10 by our score, among the primary schools in Winsford we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 102 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 49% |
| Working at a higher standard | 4% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 54% |
| 23/24 | 59% |
| 24/25 | 49% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
Sandyhill Road, Darnhall, Winsford, CW7 1JL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Cheshire West and Chester admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sarah Tomlinson
- Address
- Sandyhill Road, Darnhall, Winsford, CW7 1JL
- Telephone
- 01606593315