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Delamere CofE Primary Academy

Academy converter in Tarporley, CW6 0ST, taking ages 4 to 11, 177 on roll.

Outstanding Ofsted, Jan 2024
2.84 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
97% Full
96.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 2.84 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 2.84 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

This is not a catchment area. 2.84 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Delamere CofE Primary Academy is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Cheshire West and Chester. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Cheshire West and Chester, published admission distances, 2025/26

Two schools, both in reach

Two children, or a first and second preference? Add a second school to see where both are in reach, cheapest districts first. Only a school with a published distance can be added.

If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Cheshire West and Chester, 22 of 70 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (31.4%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

The distance as a picture

Delamere CofE Primary Academy catchment area map: the 2.84 mile admission distance, 2025/26
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What kind of school this is

Religious characterChurch of England
How full 177 pupils in 182 places (97% full)
TrustNORTH WEST ACADEMIES TRUST LIMITED
Local authorityCheshire West and Chester

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Outstanding, inspected 21 January 2024
Meeting the expected standard 96.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 96.0%
2023/24 92.0%
2022/23 95.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Delamere CofE Primary Academy

Girls and boys52.0% girls, 48.0% boys
English as an additional language2.8% of pupils
Free school meals3.4% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to Delamere CofE Primary Academy by bus

Best-served stop: Primary School, 22 yd away, with 1.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:39, last 18:50.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Primary School22 yd1.00.00.082
Primary School38 yd0.80.00.082

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Delamere CofE Primary Academy?

Delamere CofE Primary Academy does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 2.84 miles away, per Cheshire West and Chester.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Delamere CofE Primary Academy?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 2.84 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Delamere CofE Primary Academy guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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Admission distance published by Cheshire West and Chester. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.