Farndon Primary School

Primary school

Farndon Primary School is a primary school in Cheshire West and Chester, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 313 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade

Inspection: Graded inspection, 28 January 2025
Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Good
Personal development: Good
Leadership and management: Good

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Results

Department for Education

In 2024/25, 50% of pupils at Farndon Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Cheshire West and Chester and 62% in England.

8% 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	50%	61%	62%
Reached the higher standard	8%	6%	8%
Average scaled score in reading	103	106	106
Average scaled score in maths	104	105	105

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.
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

In a straight line

Holt C.P. SchoolPrimary. Ofsted inspects schools in England only1 km

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cheshire West and Chester

Where these figures come from

Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).