Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Primary school · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · Mixed
Old Wrexham Road, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7HS
- Pupils447
- Ages3 to 11
- Latest Ofsted8 Oct 2024
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.
Graded inspection (no overall grade) · 8 Oct 2024
This inspection was of a predecessor school (Overleigh St Mary's CofE Primary School), before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.
No overall grade: from September 2024 to November 2025 Ofsted gave sub-grades only (recorded as “Not judged”).
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- Early years provisionGood
- Safeguarding is effectiveYes
Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).
S5 Inspection · report published 11 Nov 2024
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 447 (capacity 444)
227 girls, 220 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 12.8% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy converter (Academies)
- Phase
- Primary
- Trust
- CHESTER DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Chester
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chester
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Opened
- 1 April 2025
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury
- URN
- 150917 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
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Apply for a primary place (GOV.UK)
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.