Graded inspection · May 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 |
Inspection history
- 21 May 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 28 June 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (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 entry17 applications · 8 places offered · 7 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 3.4; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 1.5; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 1.8; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.9
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 18 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2021 | 20 | 44 | 2.2 | 30 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2020 | 20 | 38 | 1.9 | 26 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2019 | 20 | 33 | 1.7 | 22 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 19 | 31 | 1.6 | 22 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2017 | 20 | 35 | 1.8 | 23 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2016 | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 19 | 39 | 2.1 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 16 | 29 | 1.8 | 16 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 68% · Writing 44% · Maths 76% → all three 44% 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 | 44% | 4% | 103 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 78% | 0% | 111 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 78% | 0% | 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
- Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.1applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · Cheshire West and Chester202612.0applications per place
- 5.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good2022
- 6.1 km · Cheshire West and Chester20251.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 6.9 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 6.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 8.0 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20241.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 8.4 km · Cheshire West and ChesterSpecial measures Inadequate20222.9applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 8.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterSome aspects not as strong20253.8applications per place 0%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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 111268 · 895/3142
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 101 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Long Lane, Bickerton, Malpas, SY14 8AP
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources