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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 17 July 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 21 May 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry61 applications · 20 places offered · 16 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 1.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 1.6; Cheshire East median median 1.9
- 2014 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Broken Cross Community School (URN 111223), 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 | 20 | 61 | 3.1 | 16 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 46 | 2.4 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 44 | 2.0 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 21 | 42 | 2.0 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 22 | 46 | 2.1 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 22 | 41 | 1.9 | 16 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2019 | 17 | 28 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 18 | 34 | 1.9 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 20 | 37 | 1.9 | 18 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 | 16 | 18 | 1.1 | 9 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2015 | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 12 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 6 | 0.67 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 76% · Writing 69% · Maths 69% → all three 52% 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 | 52% | 0% | 105 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 3% | 106 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 0% | 105 | 106 |
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
- Broken Cross Primary Academy and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20243.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Cheshire East20262.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20241.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire East20261.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 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
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School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141193 · 895/2002
- Trust
- Halliard Trust
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 233 on roll
- Free school meals
- 44.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- Broken Cross Community School (URN 111223)
- Address
- Parkett Heyes Road, Macclesfield, SK11 8UD
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources