Kings Moat Community Primary School, Chester
Kings Moat Community Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Chester, part of Sandstone Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Cheshire West and Chester (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Kings Moat Community Primary School in detail
Getting a place at Kings Moat Community Primary School
Across Cheshire West and Chester, 92% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Cheshire West and Chester lodged 38 appeals against primary school offers; 26 reached a hearing and 2 succeeded (7.7% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kings Moat Community Primary School are Lache Primary School (0.6 miles); Belgrave Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 90% reading, 97% maths); St Clare's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 81% reading, 63% maths); and Saltney Wood Memorial C.P. School (0.9 miles).
Lache Primary SchoolBelgrave Primary SchoolSt Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolSaltney Wood Memorial C.P. School
The trust
Kings Moat Community Primary School is one of 5 schools run by Sandstone Trust, an academy trust.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Chester Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Park & Ride (stand 1), 360 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Kings Moat Community Primary School are Tute Education Ltd (0.6 miles); and The Catholic High School, Chester (1.2 miles).
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Kings Moat Community Primary School
Term dates
Kings Moat Community Primary School is a free school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Cheshire West and Chester's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Kings Moat Community Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Kings Moat Community Primary School is in Cheshire West and Chester; for families living there:
Apply to Cheshire West and Chester for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 5 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Cheshire West and Chester is 7 (the median across 184 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Your home postcode, set against Kings Moat Community Primary School's admissions figures, in one report saved to your account.
What the report includes for Kings Moat Community Primary School:
- The straight-line distance from your home to Kings Moat Community Primary School.
- Cheshire West and Chester publishes last distance offered figures, but none for Kings Moat Community Primary School that we hold, so the report covers demand, alternatives and dates.
- How many families in Cheshire West and Chester got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
- The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Chester
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Chester
Across Cheshire West and Chester council
Places available
4,260
Applications
3,274
Got 1st preference
92.3%
Got preferred school
98.5%
All primary applications across Cheshire West and Chester council (2026/27), not just this school.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Kings Moat Community Primary School
Questions parents ask about Kings Moat Community Primary School
What is the catchment area for Kings Moat Community Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Kings Moat Community Primary School is oversubscribed, Cheshire West and Chester allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Kings Moat Community Primary School?
Apply through Cheshire West and Chester's coordinated admissions process, naming Kings Moat Community Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Kings Moat Community Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 5 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Cheshire West and Chester is 7 (the median across 184 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kings Moat Community Primary School?
Kings Moat Community Primary School is at Moat Lane, Chester, CH4 7FZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)