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Voluntary aided school · Cheshire East

Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 66Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 111459URN

Macclesfield Road, Kettleshulme. High Peak, SK23 7QU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodApr 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.7 below Cheshire East median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire East

6 applications for 4 places
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
44%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodApr 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

Inspection history

  1. 16 January 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 24 April 2019
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Cheshire East median (2.2) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

6 applications · 4 places offered · 4 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.5; Cheshire East median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1
  4. 2023 3.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
  5. 2022 3.3; Cheshire East median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0
  9. 2018 8.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.9
  13. 2014 3.0; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026461.541.00
Sep 20258192.481.00
Sep 20246122.061.00
Sep 20233103.320.67
Sep 20227233.350.71
Sep 20217162.350.71
Sep 2020681.320.33
Sep 20198172.160.75
Sep 2018188.011.00
Sep 2017331.010.33
Sep 20167111.671.00
Sep 2015471.830.75
Sep 2014393.031.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 44% · Maths 67% → all three 44% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard44%101st of 114 in Cheshire East
Reading
Expected standard78%
Higher standard33%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard44%
Greater depth22%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard44%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cheshire East median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2544%22%107105
2023/2469%0%105105
2022/2370%10%111105

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

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
111459 · 895/5200
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
63 pupils · 66 on roll
Free school meals
13.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Macclesfield Road, Kettleshulme. High Peak, SK23 7QU
Local authority
Cheshire East

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources