Saughall All Saints Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Road, Saughall, Chester, CH1 6EP – View on map
- Phone: 01244455466
- Headteacher: Donna Prenton
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 31 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 21
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.6%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Cheshire West and Chester average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 2.3% a year (Cheshire West and Chester 11.6%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Cheshire West and Chester: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 66% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Cheshire West and Chester average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 67% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 73% · Maths 85% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- Based on: 41 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 48th of 115 junior and primary schools in the area
- =43Willaston CofE Primary School67%
- =48Kingsmead Primary School66%
- =48Saughall All Saints Church of England Primary School66%
- #50The Arches Community Primary School65%
- =51Horn's Mill Primary School64%
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58th of 92 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for Ofsted rating
- #56Rossmore SchoolGood
- #57Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-SchoolGood
- #58Saughall All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #59Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #60St Bede's Catholic Primary School, WeaverhamGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,956 (2024-25)
101st of 119 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for spending per pupil
- #99Waverton Community Primary School£6,005
- #100Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery£5,956
- #101Saughall All Saints Church of England Primary School£5,956
- #102Huntington Community Primary School£5,912
- #103Guilden Sutton CofE Primary School£5,909
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