Graded inspection · Dec 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 3 December 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 22 June 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry34 applications · 20 places offered · 16 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 1.8; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 1.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.9
- 2014 1.1; 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 | 20 | 34 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 26 | 46 | 1.8 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 28 | 63 | 2.3 | 32 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 28 | 48 | 1.7 | 31 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 23 | 39 | 1.7 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 28 | 68 | 2.4 | 42 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2020 | 27 | 63 | 2.3 | 34 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2019 | 26 | 42 | 1.6 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 22 | 33 | 1.5 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 27 | 46 | 1.7 | 29 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 | 21 | 35 | 1.7 | 18 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2015 | 25 | 43 | 1.7 | 30 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2014 | 21 | 24 | 1.1 | 18 | 0.86 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 96% · Writing 79% · Maths 88% → all three 75% 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 | 75% | 13% | 111 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 8% | 109 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 13% | 107 | 104 |
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
- Rainow Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Cheshire EastGood20224.0applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Cheshire EastGood20222.8applications per place
- 3.0 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · Cheshire EastGood20233.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20241.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good · concerns noted20242.0applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · Cheshire East20261.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.9applications per place 61%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
- 111203 · 895/2664
- Capacity
- 189 pupils · 194 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Round Meadow, Rainow, Macclesfield, SK10 5UB
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources