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Hartford Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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location_onNorthwich, CW8 1NA

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2021

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Students

418

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Expected Standard

58%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Hartford Primary School is a Community school primary school in Northwich, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 58% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Hartford Primary School is a community school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 418 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 5% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #90 of 133 primaries in Cheshire West and Chester and #10,689 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2021. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 15.9%.

In the 2022/23 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading77% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing65% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths87% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

75%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading83% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing85% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths82% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.6

Read

LA 0.4

0.0 to 3.3

0.5

Write

LA 0.1

-1.0 to 2.1

1.2

Maths

LA -0.4

-0.4 to 2.7

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

75%

LA 63%England 65%

Reading89% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing84% LA 75% · Eng 78%

Maths86% LA 76% · Eng 79%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

111

Progress (0 = national avg)

3.1

Read

LA 0.2

1.5 to 4.7

-0.2

Write

LA -0.7

-1.7 to 1.2

2.4

Maths

LA -0.4

1.0 to 3.8

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

83%

LA 62%

Reading89% LA 77%

Writing88% LA 73%

Maths88% LA 74%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.5

Read

LA 0.4

1 to 4

-0.3

Write

LA -1.1

-1.7 to 1.1

0.9

Maths

LA -0.3

-0.5 to 2.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2021-11-30

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2007-05-22

Section 5 RTI (Sep06 - Aug07) Historic EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2023

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 0.868% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2023, this school served a headcount of 415 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.7%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2022/23 (Summer term)	415	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	418	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	416	1	0.2%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	418	2	0.5%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	409	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	402	2	0.5%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	402	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	396	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	386	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	393	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	393	1	0.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	393	9	2.3%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	395	2	0.5%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	396	1	0.3%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	399	3	0.8%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	395	2	0.5%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	389	7	1.8%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	381	3	0.8%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	380	1	0.3%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	382	1	0.3%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	379	0	0.0%	0.5%