Report card · inspected Jul 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
- 7 July 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 12 March 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 5 May 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 entry34 applications · 21 places offered · 19 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 1.4; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 1.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 1.5; Cheshire East median median 1.9
- 2014 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Marlfields Primary School (URN 111040), 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 | 21 | 34 | 1.6 | 19 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 26 | 41 | 1.6 | 23 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 14 | 32 | 2.3 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 26 | 36 | 1.4 | 20 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 19 | 31 | 1.6 | 17 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 16 | 32 | 2.0 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 21 | 39 | 1.9 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 22 | 38 | 1.7 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 28 | 43 | 1.5 | 21 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2015 | 24 | 36 | 1.5 | 21 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 * | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 18 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 76% · Writing 38% · Maths 41% → all three 28% 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 | 28% | 0% | 103 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 0% | 106 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 49% | 3% | 103 | 103 |
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
- Marlfields Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Cheshire EastRequires improvement20241.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Cheshire East20261.8applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Cheshire EastGood20234.8applications per place 15%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Cheshire EastGood20232.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20222.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.8applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 70%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
- 140895 · 895/2170
- Capacity
- 206 pupils · 177 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2014
- Replaced
- Marlfields Primary School (URN 111040)
- Address
- Waggs Road, Congleton, CW12 4BT
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources