Ofsted inspection · 18/07/2023
Overview of The Arches Community Primary School · Primary · Cheshire West and Chester
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 65% | 6% | 77% | 19% | 71% | 13% | 74% | 23% | 74% | 84% | 104.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 45% | 186 |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 16% | 87% | 32% | 68% | 16% | 84% | 29% | 77% | 84% | 105.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 | — | — | — | 40% | 192 |
| 2022/23 | 53% | 3% | 62% | 29% | 59% | 6% | 76% | 26% | 71% | 74% | 103.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | +0.10 | -1.30 | +2.50 | 35% | 203 |
| 2018/19 | 73% | 3% | 82% | 12% | 82% | 9% | 79% | 9% | 88% | 85% | 103.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 | +0.80 | +1.50 | +1.30 | 32% | 260 |
| 2017/18 | 57% | 3% | 70% | 10% | 77% | 10% | 83% | 13% | 77% | 73% | 102.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 | -1.40 | +0.90 | +2.00 | 31% | 236 |
| 2016/17 | 48% | 7% | 72% | 14% | 79% | 10% | 55% | 14% | 83% | 72% | 103.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 | +2.50 | +3.00 | +0.50 | 28% | 253 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 186 | 18.3 | 45% | 11% | 52% | 7% | 20% |
| 2023/24 | 192 | 16.5 | 40% | 12% | 50% | 7% | 24% |
| 2022/23 | 203 | 17.2 | 35% | 9% | 46% | 8% | 26% |
| 2021/22 | 225 | 14.8 | 32% | 8% | 45% | 8% | 21% |
| 2020/21 | 246 | 17.3 | 36% | 8% | 51% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 260 | 19.0 | 32% | 8% | 46% | 4% | 12% |
| 2017/18 | 236 | 18.9 | 31% | 5% | 43% | 5% | 12% |
| 2016/17 | 253 | 17.5 | 28% | 1% | 45% | 5% | 11% |
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