Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire East
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry68 applications · 30 places offered · 26 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 2.8; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 3.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 2.9; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 3.2; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 3.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 1.6; Cheshire East median median 1.9
- 2014 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 91 | 3.0 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 69 | 2.3 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 88 | 2.9 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 95 | 3.2 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 63 | 2.1 | 21 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2018 | 28 | 59 | 2.1 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 29 | 69 | 2.4 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 74 | 2.5 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 48 | 1.6 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 | 29 | 59 | 2.0 | 30 | 1.03 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 67% · Maths 73% → all three 60% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Cheshire East median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 60% | 7% | 107 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 3% | 105 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 0% | 104 | 102 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Buglawton Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.8applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Cheshire East20261.8applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Cheshire EastRequires improvement20241.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Cheshire East20261.6applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · Cheshire EastGood20232.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · Cheshire EastGood20234.8applications per place 15%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20222.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 111033 · 895/2163
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 202 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Buxton Old Road, Congleton, CW12 2EL
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources