The Acorns Primary and Nursery School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Cheshire West and ChesterLocal Authority

Ellesmere Port and BromboroughConstituency

CH65 7EDPostcode

1.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Acorns Primary and Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Cheshire West and Chester, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 356 pupils. The Acorns Primary and Nursery School is part of The Rowan Learning Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 39%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

356

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

12%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 356
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: The Rowan Learning Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 11 June 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 Mar 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.