Report card · inspected Apr 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
- 28 April 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 1 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 entry30 applications · 10 places offered · 7 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 2.7; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 3.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 3.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 4.6; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 3.5; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 4.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 3.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 3.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 3.2; Cheshire East median median 1.9
- 2014 2.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Nether Alderley Primary School (URN 111019), 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 | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 7 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 50 | 3.3 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 8 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 11 | 50 | 4.6 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 15 | 52 | 3.5 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 19 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 15 | 52 | 3.5 | 18 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 * | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 7 | 0.58 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 83% · Maths 92% → all three 75% 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 | 75% | 8% | 107 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 0% | 105 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 69% | 6% | 106 | 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
- Nether Alderley Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade2024
- 3.2 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.9applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · Cheshire EastGood20232.1applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · Cheshire East20252.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.9applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · Cheshire EastOutstanding20233.2applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · Cheshire East20262.7applications per place 65%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
- 141306 · 895/2145
- Trust
- Halliard Trust
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 89 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- Nether Alderley Primary School (URN 111019)
- Address
- Bradford Lane, Nether Alderley, Macclesfield, SK10 4TR
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources