Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School
About the school
Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School is an open primary school in Cheshire West and Chester.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 11 October 2023
- Published
- 22 November 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 82%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 61%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 10%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 88%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 76%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 84%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 90%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 74%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 84%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 74%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 29%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 28%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 82%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 83%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
490
Girls
50.20%
Boys
49.80%
SEN support
18.98%
Education, health and care plan
7.35%
English as an additional language
3.10%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
16.87%
Overall absence
4.32
Persistent absence
5.71