Westminster Community Primary SchoolThe Acorns Primary and Nursery School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Ellesmere Port.

Summary of the comparison

Westminster Community Primary School and The Acorns Primary and Nursery School are primary schools in Ellesmere Port.

  • Westminster Community Primary School scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Acorns Primary and Nursery School scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average). Our score is the same for each of them on the data available.

  • Westminster Community Primary School was judged Good and The Acorns Primary and Nursery School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 61.0% for Westminster Community Primary School and 56.0% for The Acorns Primary and Nursery School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Westminster Community Primary School (39.0% in 2022-23, 61.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at The Acorns Primary and Nursery School (47.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Westminster Community Primary School versus The Acorns Primary and Nursery School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Ellesmere PortWestminster Community Primary SchoolEllesmere PortThe Acorns Primary and Nursery SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC63/100C63/100
Local ranking38th of 120 in Cheshire West and Chester Stronger figure41st of 120 in Cheshire West and Chester
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll147 370
Capacity140 394
LocationEllesmere Port, CH65 2ED Ellesmere Port, CH65 7ED
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard61.0% Stronger figure56.0% 62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 7.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census147 370
Free school meals (ever 6)52.4% 52.8%
English as an additional language24.5% 9.5%
SEN support20.4% 27.8%
SEN with an EHC plan8.2% 4.0%
Attendance
Overall absence5.8% 5.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence24.5% 16.5% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Westminster Community Primary School

The Acorns Primary and Nursery School

Full profiles: Westminster Community Primary School · The Acorns Primary and Nursery School