St Luke's Catholic Primary School, Frodsham
St Luke's Catholic Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Frodsham. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in June 2024. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 10th-highest of the 10 schools in Frodsham with published results, and 13,005th of 14,452 across England. It was 40% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2024)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Cheshire West and Chester (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
St Luke's Catholic Primary School in detail
St Luke's Catholic Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include netball and badminton.
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.
Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 11 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Cheshire West and Chester
Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at St Luke's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 48% 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 fell from 77% in reading and 77% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at St Luke's Catholic Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 3 families put St Luke's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 13 named it as one of their preferences, for 4 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at St Luke's Catholic Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Luke's Catholic Primary School are Frodsham Manor House Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 88% reading, 84% maths); Frodsham CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 80% reading, 87% maths); Frodsham Primary Academy (0.6 miles, 77% reading, 77% maths); and Hillview Primary School (1.7 miles, Good, 82% reading, 75% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than St Luke's Catholic Primary School.
Frodsham Manor House Primary SchoolFrodsham CofE Primary SchoolFrodsham Primary AcademyHillview Primary School
Who goes there
9.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%), Asian (7%) and Mixed (7%).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Frodsham Rail Station, about 240 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Churchfield Road (opposite), 90 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Luke's Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 35 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cheshire West and Chester (71).
Suspensions and exclusions
St Luke's Catholic Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
St Luke's is a small school where staff know each pupil as an individual. Pupils like coming to school and they enjoy warm relationships with their teachers. Pupils are kind to one another and said that everyone is welcome there.
The school has high expectations for pupils' achievement. Pupils progress well through the curriculum and leave Year 6 ready for the next stage in their education.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
Reading has a high priority in the curriculum. This starts from the moment that children enter the Reception class. They are encouraged to join in with stories and enjoy talking about how these tales relate to their real-life experiences. Children learn the sounds that they need to begin to read. This is built on well when they enter Year 1. Children in the early years and pupils in key stage 1 read books that are matched to the sounds that they already know. Pupils of all ages enjoy reading. By the time pupils finish key stage 2, they are able to read with both fluency and accuracy.
From Ofsted's June 2024 inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its June 2024 inspection.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.
At a Glance
27.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 77% to 71% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 77% to 48% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 77% to 86% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
24.3
Avg class size
29.0
KS2
3
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with St Luke's Catholic Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near St Luke's Catholic Primary School.
- Amasing Projects C.I.CAt the school · Not yet graded
Nurseries
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to St Luke's Catholic Primary School, with their latest published grades:
- Applebees Pre-School - Day nursery, 0.3 milesOfsted, 14 March 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Kids Planet Frodsham - Day nursery, 0.8 milesOfsted report card, 4 September 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Ashton House Nursery - Day nursery, 1.1 milesOfsted, 16 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Thrive Frodsham Hill - Day nursery, 1.4 milesOfsted, 31 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- KiddiCove Day Nursery Limited - Day nursery, 1.6 milesOfsted report card, 23 July 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
Term dates
St Luke's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided 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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to St Luke's Catholic Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. St Luke's Catholic 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
- 24
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 24 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 21 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
2 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 are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at St Luke's Catholic Primary School
Will you get a place at St Luke's Catholic Primary School?
For 2026 entry it had 3 first choices for 4 places. The report sets your home postcode against these figures.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
40%
Available places
84 pupils
210 places
126 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
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.
This school: Every first choice offered
Future places in the local planning area
DfE estimates the Frodsham Primary planning area (Cheshire West and Chester) will have 227 spare primary places in 2027/28.
Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics
Inspection History(4)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
9
SEN Support
3
EHC Plans
16.4%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
73
Total Pupils
40
Boys
33
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
4
Teachers
18.3:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£58,031
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,342
Per pupil
£602k
Total funding
£21k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.1%
Overall absence
14.5%
Persistent absence
83
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Luke's Catholic Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Luke's Catholic Primary School
What are SATs results like at St Luke's Catholic Primary School?
Of the pupils at St Luke's Catholic Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 71% reached the expected standard in reading and 48% did so in maths.
What is St Luke's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?
St Luke's Catholic Primary School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in June 2024. At its previous graded inspection in 2009 it was rated Outstanding.
Is it hard to get a place at St Luke's Catholic Primary School?
St Luke's Catholic Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 40% of its 210 places.
How big are the classes at St Luke's Catholic Primary School?
Classes at St Luke's Catholic Primary School average 24.3 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to St Luke's Catholic Primary School?
St Luke's Catholic Primary School has around 73 pupils on roll. 27% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at St Luke's Catholic Primary School?
5.1% of sessions were missed at St Luke's Catholic Primary School in 2024/25. 14.5% of pupils were persistently absent.
Does St Luke's Catholic Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Amasing Projects C.I.C (registered, not yet graded).
How many road collisions happen near St Luke's Catholic Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 24 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 21 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 2 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 St Luke's Catholic Primary School?
St Luke's Catholic Primary School is at The Willows, Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 7QP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)