Dee Point Primary School, Chester

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades Dee Point Primary School on 7 areas: 5 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Since the last inspection, leaders have implemented an ambitious curriculum for each subject."

Early years - Expected standard. "Early years provision is well led."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Inclusion is well established across the school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leadership and governance are effective."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from a wide range of opportunities that support their personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Achievement in national tests at the end of Year 6 is below the national average."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Some pupils do not attend school as regularly as they should."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should swiftly address identified barriers to attendance to ensure that pupils attend regularly, including those who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities"; "Leaders should address gaps in learning caused by the previous weaker curriculum. This is particularly important for disadvantaged pupils so that all pupils achieve well by the end of key stage 2 in reading, writing and mathematics"; "Leaders should refine and strengthen the recently implemented curriculum in early years so that it improves outcomes for children, particularly for those with lower starting points".

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils at Dee Point Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 58% 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 rose from 46% in reading and 58% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 39 families put Dee Point Primary School as their first choice and 65 named it as one of their preferences, for 39 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Dee Point Primary School are Highfield Community Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 66% reading, 66% maths); J H Godwin Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 53% reading, 47% maths); The Arches Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 77% reading, 74% maths); and St Theresa's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 66% reading, 62% maths).

Dee Point Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

45.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 124 pupils (25.6%) received SEN support and 68 (14%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Dee Point Primary School has a resourced provision for other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs and moderate learning difficulties: 42 places, 42 pupils on roll.

Dee Point Primary School had 31 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Bache Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dyserth Road (opposite), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Dee Point Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 139 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting 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, Dee Point Primary School issued 27 suspensions, 5.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.