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 | 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 23 June 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 20 July 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 entry85 applications · 31 places offered · 51 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 2.6; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 2.9; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 2.8; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 3.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 2.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 3.8; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 2.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 3.0; Cheshire East median median 1.9
- 2014 3.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Whirley Primary School (URN 111153), the previous school.
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 | 31 | 85 | 2.7 | 51 | 1.65 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 71 | 2.4 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 70 | 2.3 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 78 | 2.6 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2022 | 26 | 75 | 2.9 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 83 | 2.8 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 113 | 3.8 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 87 | 2.9 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 105 | 3.5 | 53 | 1.77 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 87% · Writing 81% · Maths 81% → all three 65% 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 | 65% | 13% | 108 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 6% | 109 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 61% | 6% | 107 | 105 |
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
- Whirley Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good · improving20243.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20241.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · Cheshire East20261.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 80%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
- 140598 · 895/2340
- Trust
- Halliard Trust
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 212 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2014
- Replaced
- Whirley Primary School (URN 111153)
- Address
- Whirley Road, Broken Cross, Macclesfield, SK10 3JL
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources