Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School, Ellesmere Port

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care until 4:30pm.

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils at Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 74% in Cheshire West and Chester and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (71% in reading, 71% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 39 families put Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 77 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 12 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School are William Stockton Community Primary School (0.4 miles, 68% reading, 76% maths); Wolverham Primary and Nursery School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 91% maths); Westminster Community Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 74% reading, 70% maths); and St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School (0.6 miles, Good, 78% reading, 78% maths).

Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

27% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (66%), Black (10%) and Asian (8%).

The nearest railway station is Ellesmere Port Rail Station, about 270 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cambridge Road Primary (outside), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 284 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cheshire West and Chester (71), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School issued 2 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School are Ellesmere Port Church of England College (0.5 miles); Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy (0.9 miles); and The Whitby High School (1.3 miles).