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Highfield Community Primary School

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

personMs Nicola Dowling

location_onChester, CH1 5LD

language Visit Website phone 1244259650

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

234

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Expected Standard

50%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Highfield Community Primary School is a Community school primary school in Chester, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 80% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Highfield Community Primary School is a community school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 227 pupils on roll, of whom 28% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 9% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #85 of 116 primaries in Cheshire West and Chester and #11,492 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 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)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

50%

LA 59%

Reading66% LA 74%

Writing63% LA 70%

Maths66% LA 71%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading70% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing63% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths78% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

41%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading63% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing50% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths66% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.4

Read

LA 0.4

-3.7 to 0.8

-2.3

Write

LA 0.1

-4.5 to -0.2

-1.5

Maths

LA -0.4

-3.6 to 0.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

73%

LA 63%England 65%

Reading90% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing77% LA 75% · Eng 78%

Maths90% LA 76% · Eng 79%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.8

Read

LA 0.2

0.6 to 5.0

-1.1

Write

LA -0.7

-3.2 to 0.9

2.1

Maths

LA -0.4

0.2 to 4.0

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

61%

LA 62%

Reading71% LA 77%

Writing79% LA 73%

Maths93% LA 74%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.5

Read

LA 0.4

-3.8 to 0.8

-0.8

Write

LA -1.1

-3 to 1.4

3.6

Maths

LA -0.3

1.5 to 5.7

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

13 July 2022

Inspection Report

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13 December 2016

Inspection Report

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12 January 2012

Inspection Report

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30 June 2010

Inspection Report

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27 March 2007

Inspection Report

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12 February 2001

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2016-12-13

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2012-01-12

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2007-03-27

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

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: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

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

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 227 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 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	227	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	218	0.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	232	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	221	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	215	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	236	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	234	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	230	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	240	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	230	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	227	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	229	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	223	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	211	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	224	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	224	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	219	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	234	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	232	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	226	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	253	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	245	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	231	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	240	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	227	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	219	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 22 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 6 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 5 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 5 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils