# Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College

Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College is a special school in Cheshire West and Chester, for pupils aged 4 to 19.

It had 170 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E111511. [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 4 to 19
- Pupils: 170
- Council: Cheshire West and Chester
- URN: 111511

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, July 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 3 July 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Cheshire West and Chester and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Cheshire West and Chester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Cheshire West and Chester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 45.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 43.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 9 | – | – |

Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Mill View Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mill-view-primary-school-e141621): 430 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), May 2024. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Upton Heath CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/upton-heath-cofe-primary-school-e145074): 570 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Upton Westlea Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/upton-westlea-primary-school-e151415): 580 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met, before the school changed
- [The Firs School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-firs-school-e111470): 780 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Ancora House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ancora-house-school-e134766): 980 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Outstanding (overall), May 2023
- [Upton-by-Chester High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/upton-by-chester-high-school-e111422): 1.1 km. Secondary. Standards maintained, February 2025. Attainment 8 of 54.6 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/111511)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/111511)

## How to cite

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