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About the school

URN: 152149
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3 to 11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Sixth form: Does not have a sixth form
Nursery: Has Nursery Classes
Local authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency: Runcorn and Helsby
Setting: Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 2026

Governing body (9 current, 2 former)

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Leadership

Name	Role	How appointed	Term
Mr Bruce Waddell	Chair of Local Governing Body	Appointed by foundation/Trust	since 2026 · until 2030

Full governing body

Name	Role	How appointed	Term
Mr Philip Pegram	Local Governor	Elected by parents	since 2026 · until 2030
Revd Margaret Byrne	Local Governor	Appointed by foundation/Trust	since 2026 · until 2030
Kirsty Jennett	Local Governor	Appointed by foundation/Trust	since 2026 · until 2030
Kira Fayle	Local Governor	Appointed by foundation/Trust	since 2025 · until 2029
Lisa Raynor	Local Governor	Elected by parents	since 2025 · until 2029
Helen Unsworth	Local Governor	Elected by parents	since 2025 · until 2029
Ian Critchley	Local Governor	Appointed by foundation/Trust	since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Rachel Jones	Local Governor	Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal	since 2013
Alison Eaton Former	Local Governor	Appointed by foundation/Trust	since 2025 · term ended 2026
Charlotte Falconer Former	Local Governor	Elected by parents	since 2023 · term ended 2026

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record

Local area

Located in Kingsley, Cheshire West and Chester.

371,652Resident population, 2024
£260,000Median sale price, Year to Oct 2025
£798Median weekly pay, full-time employees living here, 2025

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Ofsted

Ungraded inspectionInspected Nov 2023. No grade given.

This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy.

Ofsted carried out an ungraded inspection. These inspections give no grade and no key judgements, so none is shown here. Read the report itself for what inspectors found.

No earlier grade is held in our data.

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026, via WhatSchool: Ofsted may have published a newer report since. Since September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade at new inspections, so a one-word grade, where shown, belongs to the inspection date beside it. Ungraded inspections give no grade and are dated by month only. Inspections from September 2024 to November 2025 grade key judgements; report cards (from November 2025) grade evaluation areas.

Ofsted reports for this school

Academy trust

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Chester Diocesan Academies Trust runs 32 schools, including this one.

Norley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Frodsham · Ofsted: Good, Oct 2019. This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy.
St Berteline's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · Runcorn · Ofsted: No overall grade (Oct 2024): Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective. This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy.
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Runcorn · Ofsted: Good (last graded inspection in our data, Jun 2015, previous school). This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy.
Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · Warrington · Ofsted: No overall grade (Mar 2025): Outstanding in 3 key judgements, Good in 1; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective
St Thomas' CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · Warrington · Ofsted: No overall grade (Feb 2025): Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective. This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy.
Huxley CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · Chester · Ofsted: Inadequate, Mar 2022. This inspection was of the school this one replaced.

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