Charles Darwin Community Primary School
About the school
Charles Darwin Community 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
- 13 January 2026
- Published
- 1 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 61%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 13%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 89%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 76%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 82%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 89%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 74%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 91%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 74%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 47%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 28%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 84%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 83%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 108
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 109
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 109
- 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
355
Girls
46.76%
Boys
53.24%
SEN support
13.52%
Education, health and care plan
3.66%
English as an additional language
15.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
27.04%
Overall absence
5.12
Persistent absence
12.74