Best primary schools in Cheshire (2026)

Cheshire has 319 ranked primary schools with published results. The top-ranked is Bruche Academy, in the top 1% in England. The average reading, writing & maths here in 2025 was 64%, against 62% for England. 33 are in England's top 10%, and 20 are rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

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Rank	School	Reading, writing & maths (2023–2025 average)	Reading, writing & maths 2025	Higher standard	Ofsted
1 Top 1% in England	Bruche Academy Warrington	98%	97%	29%	Good
2 Top 1% in England	Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery Warrington	92%	90%	24%	Outstanding
3 Top 1% in England	Ashdene Primary School Wilmslow	91%	89%	38%	No rating
4 Top 1% in England	Delamere CofE Primary Academy Cheshire West and Chester · Church of England	94%	96%	19%	Outstanding
5 Top 1% in England	Bexton Primary School Knutsford	90%	82%	23%	No rating
6 Top 2% in England	Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School Warrington	87%	87%	19%	Not judged
7 Top 2% in England	Chapelford Village Primary School Warrington	88%	85%	28%	Report card
8 Top 3% in England	Mill View Primary School Chester	85%	90%	27%	Outstanding
9 Top 3% in England	Moorfield Primary School Widnes	89%	94%	12%	Good
10 Top 4% in England	Castle View Primary School Runcorn	86%	83%	30%	Good
11 Top 4% in England	St Martin's Academy Chester Chester	84%	96%	32%	Not judged
12 Top 4% in England	Calveley Primary Academy Cheshire East	81%	88%	44%	Not judged
13 Top 5% in England	Lacey Green Primary Academy Wilmslow	82%	79%	20%	Good
14 Top 5% in England	Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School Warrington · Church of England	85%	77%	13%	Not judged
15 Top 5% in England	Wincle CofE Primary School Cheshire East · Church of England	88%	91%	9%	No rating
16 Top 6% in England	Belgrave Primary School Chester	86%	87%	13%	Good
17 Top 6% in England	Woolston CofE Aided Primary School Warrington · Church of England	82%	82%	15%	Good
18 Top 6% in England	Childer Thornton Primary School Childer Thornton	81%	77%	10%	Outstanding
19 Top 7% in England	Acresfield Academy Chester	80%	75%	22%	Outstanding
20 Top 7% in England	Guilden Sutton CofE Primary School Guilden Sutton · Church of England	79%	84%	16%	No rating
21 Top 7% in England	Rode Heath Primary School Rode Heath	87%	84%	6%	Outstanding
22 Top 7% in England	Great Sankey Primary School Warrington	80%	78%	22%	Report card
23 Top 7% in England	Egerton Primary School Knutsford	81%	87%	7%	Good
24 Top 8% in England	Wistaston Church Lane Academy Crewe	81%	70%	13%	No rating
25 Top 8% in England	Gorsey Bank Primary School Wilmslow	81%	88%	17%	Outstanding
26 Top 8% in England	Statham Primary School Lymm	83%	90%	17%	No rating
27 Top 8% in England	Prestbury CofE Primary School Prestbury (Cheshire East) · Church of England	77%	80%	26%	Good
28 Top 8% in England	Boughton Heath Academy Chester	80%	88%	18%	Outstanding
29 Top 9% in England	Parkgate Primary School Neston (Cheshire West and Chester)	78%	81%	24%	No rating
30 Top 9% in England	Woodfall Primary and Nursery School Neston (Cheshire West and Chester)	79%	79%	16%	Not judged
31 Top 9% in England	Adlington Primary School Cheshire East	84%	73%	0%	Not judged
32 Top 10% in England	Ravenbank Primary School Lymm	79%	77%	15%	Good
33 Top 10% in England	Excalibur Primary School Alsager	82%	84%	9%	Good
34 Top 11% in England	St Oswald's CofE Primary School Mollington (Cheshire West and Chester) · Church of England	80%	78%	6%	No rating
35 Top 11% in England	Bridgemere CofE Primary School Cheshire East · Church of England	82%	83%	0%	No rating
36 Top 11% in England	Lostock Hall Primary School Poynton	79%	89%	14%	Good
37 Top 11% in England	Vernon Primary School Poynton	77%	77%	15%	Outstanding
38 Top 12% in England	Peover Superior Endowed Primary School Over Peover	82%	77%	8%	No rating
39 Top 12% in England	Goostrey Community Primary School Goostrey	80%	86%	14%	Report card
40 Top 12% in England	St Helen's Church of England Primary School Hollinfare · Church of England	76%	86%	21%	No rating
41 Top 12% in England	St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School Chester · Roman Catholic	81%	84%	8%	No rating
42 Top 12% in England	Barrow Hall Community Primary School Warrington	79%	79%	3%	Outstanding
43 Top 13% in England	St Monica's Catholic Primary School Warrington · Roman Catholic	74%	61%	0%	Not judged
44 Top 13% in England	Lunts Heath Primary School Widnes	75%	84%	20%	Not judged
45 Top 13% in England	Culcheth Community Primary School Culcheth	79%	79%	9%	No rating
46 Top 14% in England	St Peter's Catholic Primary School Warrington · Roman Catholic	80%	79%	9%	Outstanding
47 Top 14% in England	Willaston CofE Primary School Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester) · Church of England	72%	67%	20%	Outstanding
48 Top 14% in England	Daresbury Primary School Halton	76%	85%	11%	Good
49 Top 15% in England	Alderman Bolton Primary School Warrington	78%	75%	8%	No rating
50 Top 15% in England	Moore Primary School Moore	78%	77%	10%	No rating
51 Top 16% in England	Lindow Community Primary School Wilmslow	76%	88%	13%	No rating
52 Top 17% in England	Tarporley CofE Primary School Tarporley · Church of England	76%	71%	11%	No rating
53 Top 17% in England	Disley Primary School Disley	79%	75%	6%	No rating
54 Top 18% in England	Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School Barnton	75%	82%	10%	Outstanding
55 Top 18% in England	Comberbach Nursery and Primary School Comberbach	73%	83%	13%	No rating
56 Top 18% in England	Park Road Community Primary School Warrington	77%	81%	6%	Report card
57 Top 18% in England	Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-School Cheshire West and Chester · Church of England	77%	69%	8%	No rating
58 Top 18% in England	Grange Community Nursery and Primary School Winsford	72%	63%	7%	Good
59 Top 18% in England	Penketh Primary School Warrington	76%	81%	6%	Good
60 Top 19% in England	Eaton Primary School Cheshire West and Chester	71%	72%	14%	Good
61 Top 20% in England	Cherry Tree School Lymm	73%	79%	9%	Good
62 Top 20% in England	Waverton Community Primary School Christleton and Waverton	76%	77%	3%	Report card
63 Top 20% in England	Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery Hartford	74%	77%	12%	Good
64 Top 20% in England	Millfields Primary Academy Nantwich	71%	71%	16%	No rating
65 Top 20% in England	Twiss Green Community Primary School Culcheth	73%	68%	10%	Good
66 Top 20% in England	Gorse Covert Primary School Warrington	73%	77%	13%	Good
67 Top 21% in England	Windmill Hill Primary School Runcorn	74%	75%	13%	Good
68 Top 22% in England	Pikemere School Alsager	75%	77%	3%	No rating
69 Top 23% in England	Croft Primary School Croft (Warrington)	70%	73%	21%	No rating
70 Top 23% in England	Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School Warrington · Church of England	75%	75%	11%	No rating
71 Top 23% in England	Hermitage Primary School Holmes Chapel	70%	60%	13%	Good
72 Top 23% in England	Burtonwood Community Primary School Burtonwood	74%	81%	8%	Good
73 Top 23% in England	Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School Runcorn · Roman Catholic	76%	72%	3%	Report card
74 Top 23% in England	Helsby Hillside Primary School Helsby	73%	68%	14%	Report card
75 Top 24% in England	Kelsall Primary and Nursery School Kelsall	72%	68%	0%	Outstanding
76 Top 24% in England	Handforth Grange Primary School Handforth	72%	74%	15%	Outstanding
77 Top 24% in England	Tarvin Primary School Tarvin	70%	82%	24%	No rating
78 Top 24% in England	Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School Cheshire West and Chester · Church of England	72%	73%	20%	Not judged
79 Top 24% in England	Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School Widnes · Church of England	72%	67%	13%	Good
80 Top 26% in England	The Dingle Primary School Haslington	72%	65%	9%	Outstanding
81 Top 26% in England	Charles Darwin Community Primary School Northwich	71%	75%	13%	Report card
82 Top 26% in England	Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate Warrington · Church of England	69%	75%	15%	Good
83 Top 26% in England	Sandiway Primary School Cuddington (Cheshire West and Chester)	74%	68%	4%	Not judged
84 Top 26% in England	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Warrington · Roman Catholic	71%	77%	10%	No rating
85 Top 27% in England	Sound and District Primary School Cheshire East	73%	74%	5%	Good
86 Top 27% in England	St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Hartford · Roman Catholic	74%	62%	3%	No rating
87 Top 27% in England	Acton Church of England Primary Academy Cheshire East · Church of England	72%	84%	16%	Good
88 Top 27% in England	Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy Mottram St Andrew	73%	69%	8%	Report card
89 Top 27% in England	Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School Burton (Cheshire West and Chester) · Church of England	74%	73%	0%	Report card
90 Top 28% in England	Elworth CofE Primary School Elworth · Church of England	72%	73%	9%	No rating
91 Top 28% in England	Mossley CofE Primary School Congleton · Church of England	70%	70%	2%	Good
92 Top 28% in England	Whitley Village School Cheshire West and Chester	68%	80%	10%	Not judged
93 Top 28% in England	St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Widnes · Catholic	71%	77%	13%	Report card
94 Top 29% in England	Weston Village Primary School Weston (Cheshire East)	71%	78%	6%	Good
95 Top 29% in England	St Clement's Catholic Primary School Runcorn · Roman Catholic	72%	81%	8%	No rating
96 Top 29% in England	St Bede's Catholic Junior School Widnes · Roman Catholic	66%	62%	19%	Good
97 Top 30% in England	Sandbach Primary Academy Sandbach	74%	75%	0%	Not judged
98 Top 31% in England	Stockton Heath Primary School Warrington	68%	70%	10%	No rating
99 Top 31% in England	Rainow Primary School Rainow	68%	75%	13%	Not judged
100 Top 32% in England	Pear Tree Primary School Nantwich	71%	75%	3%	No rating

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Best primary school in each town

Warrington · best: Bruche Academy
Wilmslow · best: Ashdene Primary School
Knutsford · best: Bexton Primary School
Chester · best: Mill View Primary School
Widnes · best: Moorfield Primary School
Runcorn · best: Castle View Primary School
Crewe · best: Wistaston Church Lane Academy
Lymm · best: Statham Primary School
Neston (Cheshire West and Chester) · best: Parkgate Primary School
Alsager · best: Excalibur Primary School
Poynton · best: Lostock Hall Primary School
Culcheth · best: Culcheth Community Primary School
Winsford · best: Grange Community Nursery and Primary School
Hartford · best: Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery
Nantwich · best: Millfields Primary Academy
Northwich · best: Charles Darwin Community Primary School
Congleton · best: Mossley CofE Primary School
Sandbach · best: Sandbach Primary Academy
Frodsham · best: Frodsham Manor House Primary School
Bollington · best: Dean Valley Community Primary School
Weaverham · best: St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Weaverham
Davenham · best: Leftwich Community Primary School
Macclesfield · best: Marlborough Primary School
Ellesmere Port · best: Wolverham Primary and Nursery School
Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel · best: Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary School

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What is the best primary school in Cheshire?

On exam results over the last three years, Bruche Academy is the top-ranked primary school in Cheshire, in the top 1% of schools in England.

How are the schools ranked?

By published Department for Education exam results averaged over three years: for secondary schools, Attainment 8 plus a quarter of the share getting grade 5+ in English and maths; for primary schools, the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths plus half the share reaching the higher standard. The order uses the three-year average, so a school can rank above one with a higher single-year result. Schools with fewer than 10 pupils taking the tests are not ranked. Exam results are only part of the picture: visit, read the Ofsted report and check admissions rules, as living nearby does not guarantee a place.