Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire East
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 2 June 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 26 April 2022Graded inspection: Good
- 2 October 2019Ungraded 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 entry90 applications · 52 places offered · 47 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 1.3; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 1.4; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 1.9; 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 1.4; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 1.4; 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 | 52 | 90 | 1.7 | 47 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 46 | 72 | 1.6 | 44 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 101 | 1.7 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 56 | 87 | 1.6 | 49 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 80 | 1.3 | 42 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2021 | 45 | 65 | 1.4 | 38 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 | 49 | 78 | 1.6 | 37 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2019 | 36 | 70 | 1.9 | 30 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2018 | 36 | 53 | 1.5 | 30 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 | 25 | 42 | 1.7 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 42 | 1.4 | 24 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 | 20 | 27 | 1.4 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 | 23 | 25 | 1.1 | 23 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 78% · Maths 72% → all three 58% 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 | 58% | 8% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 5% | 104 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 71% | 7% | 105 | 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
- Cranberry AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Cheshire EastOutstanding20242.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20223.4applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Cheshire EastGood20232.3applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Cheshire EastGood20232.8applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · Cheshire EastOutstanding20242.1applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · Staffordshire20261.8applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.7applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · StaffordshireGood20241.3applications per place 42%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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139910 · 895/2000
- Capacity
- 472 pupils · 434 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2013
- Replaced
- Cranberry Primary School (URN 135455)
- Address
- Cranberry Lane, Alsager, Cranberry Academy, ST7 2LE
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources