The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy
Free schools in Chester, CH1 1QP, taking ages 4 to 11, 198 on roll.
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 2.12 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Cheshire West and Chester school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 2.12 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy: 2.12 miles, 2025/26 Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School: 1.89 miles, 2025/26, published by Cheshire West and Chester
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When The Grosvenor Park Church of England 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 labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
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
Where The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy and Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School admitted from 1.89 miles in 2025/26, published by Cheshire West and Chester. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is CH88 at £214,000; the dearest shown, CH99, £342,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy | From Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH88 | Cheshire West and Chester | 0.5 mi | 1.3 mi | £214,000 160 sales |
| CH1 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1.3 mi | 1.8 mi | £220,130 87 sales |
| CH70 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1.6 mi | 1.6 mi | £299,995 54 sales |
| CH99 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1.2 mi | 0.3 mi | £342,000 144 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.
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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.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoole Church of England Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.72 mi 2025/26 | 0.8 mi |
| Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.89 mi 2025/26 | 0.9 mi |
| The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School | Secondary | No limit 2025/26 | 0.9 mi |
| Boughton Heath Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.69 mi 2025/26 | 1.0 mi |
| Mill View Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.41 mi 2025/26 | 1.4 mi |
| Belgrave Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.43 mi 2025/26 | 1.5 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | Church of England |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 198 pupils in 210 places (94% full) |
| Trust | NORTH WEST ACADEMIES TRUST LIMITED |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 08 March 2023 |
| Meeting the expected standard | 63.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 63.0% |
| 2023/24 | 81.0% |
| 2022/23 | 66.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy
| Girls and boys | 52.0% girls, 48.0% boys |
| English as an additional language | 24.2% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 10.6% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy
Cheapest district inside the 2.12 miles: CH88, median £214,000. Dearest: CH99, £342,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH88 | Cheshire West and Chester | 0.5 mi | £214,000 160 sales |
| CH1 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1.3 mi | £220,130 87 sales |
| CH2 | Cheshire West and Chester | 2.0 mi | £280,260 109 sales |
| CH70 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1.6 mi | £299,995 54 sales |
| CH99 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1.2 mi | £342,000 144 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 2.12 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy by bus
Best-served stop: The Bars, 154 yd away, with 15.4 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:18, last 22:33.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foregate Street Stop GG | 100 yd | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
| Foregate Street Stop HH | 112 yd | 11.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 1, 16, 4, 41, X4, T8 |
| The Bars | 154 yd | 15.4 | 3.2 | 6.7 | PR2, 5, 84, 9, 7, 41 |
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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Common questions
What is the catchment area for The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy?
The Grosvenor Park Church of England 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 2.12 miles away, per Cheshire West and Chester.
How close do I need to live to get a place at The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 2.12 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 The Grosvenor Park Church of England 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.