Tattenhall Park Primary School
General Information
- Address: Chester Road, Tattenhall, Select, CH3 9AH – View on map
- Phone: 01244667500
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Bolton
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 17 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 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 12
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.5%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Cheshire West and Chester average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 25.2% a year (Cheshire West and Chester 11.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 58% moved to another school, 42% 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.
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: 8.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 21 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the Cheshire West and Chester average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 75% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- Based on: 36 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 30th of 115 junior and primary schools in the area
- =30Eaton Primary School72%
- =30Mickle Trafford Village School72%
- =30Tattenhall Park Primary School72%
- =33Over St John's CofE Primary School71%
- =33St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School71%
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74th of 92 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for Ofsted rating
- #72Tarporley CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #73Tarvin Primary SchoolGood
- #74Tattenhall Park Primary SchoolGood
- #75The Arches Community Primary SchoolGood
- #76The Grosvenor Park Church of England AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,939 (2024-25)
57th of 119 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for spending per pupil
- #55The Acorns Primary and Nursery School£6,967
- #56St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School£6,949
- #57Tattenhall Park Primary School£6,939
- #58Kingsley Community Primary School and Nursery£6,928
- #59Leftwich Community Primary School£6,835
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