Report card · inspected May 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong 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
- 12 May 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 30 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry107 applications · 57 places offered · 52 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 1.8; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 1.8; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 2.4; Cheshire East median median 1.9
- 2014 2.1; 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 | 57 | 107 | 1.9 | 52 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 109 | 1.8 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 109 | 1.8 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 115 | 1.9 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 122 | 2.0 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 112 | 1.9 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 126 | 2.1 | 69 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 151 | 2.5 | 80 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 135 | 2.3 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 111 | 1.9 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 151 | 2.5 | 79 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 143 | 2.4 | 88 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 123 | 2.1 | 71 | 1.18 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 77% · Writing 77% · Maths 70% → all three 57% 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 | 57% | 5% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 2% | 104 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 37% | 2% | 103 | 99 |
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
- Parkroyal Community SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Cheshire EastOutstanding20241.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Cheshire East20261.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good · improving20243.1applications per place 52%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140438 · 895/2141
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 411 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2013
- Replaced
- Parkroyal Community School (URN 111016)
- Address
- Lyon Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6QX
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources