Living in Ellesmere Port with children
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 65,425 people in 28,490 households; 28.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
24 schools: 21 state primary, 3 state secondaryEllesmere Port on the schools map →Every school in Ellesmere Port, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (21)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childer Thornton Primary School | Outstanding | Top 18% (21/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | 0.76 miles (2025) |
| Wolverham Primary and Nursery School | Ofsted report card | Top 34% (41/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | 0.207 miles (2025) |
| William Stockton Community Primary School | — | Top 50% (61/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School | Good | (62/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | Good | (64/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School | Good | (69/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Westminster Community Primary School | Good | (69/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Rivacre Valley Primary School | Good | (75/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| The Acorns Primary and Nursery School | Standards maintained | (79/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School | Good | (84/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Rossmore School | School remains Good | (86/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Whitby Heath Primary School | Good | (91/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | 1.13 miles (2025) |
| Brookside Primary School | School remains Good | (99/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Little Sutton C of E Primary School | Good | (99/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Woodlands Primary School | Good | (102/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Sutton Green Primary School | Good | (104/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (110/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| The Oaks Community Primary School | Requires improvement | (112/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Meadow Primary School | Ofsted report card | — | 0.9 miles (2025) |
| St Mary of The Angels Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | — | — | — |
| St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy | — | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whitby High School | Good | (14/20) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Ellesmere Port Church of England College | Good | (16/20) in Cheshire West and Chester | 8.709 miles (2025) |
| Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy | Ofsted report card | (17/20) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (176 detached, 303 semi-detached, 151 terraced, 41 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Ellesmere Port. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Ellesmere Port →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 95% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 1,659 postcodes in CH66, CH65. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 strong or better in every area; 15 good, or expected standard; 2 requires improvement; 2 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 20 in Cheshire West and Chester.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Cheshire West and Chester
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Cheshire West and Chester.
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