Academy converter · Cheshire East

Wistaston Church Lane Academy

3–11Ages
416Pupils
PrimaryPhase
141568URN

Church Lane, Wistaston, Crewe, CW2 8EZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodApr 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Nov 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

close to Cheshire East median (2.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire East

115 applications for 54 places · 53rd of 101 in Cheshire East

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

70%met the expected standard

Cheshire East 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodApr 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Nov 2024

Inspection history

20 November 2024
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
2 April 2019
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

2.1applications per place, Reception

close to Cheshire East median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

115 applications · 54 places offered · 52 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 2.1; 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 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.1
2022 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.2
2021 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.1
2020 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1
2019 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0
2018 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0
2017 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0
2016 2.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0
2015 2.7; Cheshire East median median 1.9
2014 3.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Cheshire East median in 11 of 12 years.

This school
Cheshire East median

Dashed bars: as Wistaston Church Lane Primary School (URN 135138), 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	54	115	2.1	52	0.96
Sep 2025	60	143	2.4	60	1.00
Sep 2024	45	103	2.3	38	0.84
Sep 2023	60	134	2.2	57	0.95
Sep 2022	55	123	2.2	53	0.96
Sep 2021	50	123	2.5	47	0.94
Sep 2020	60	137	2.3	53	0.88
Sep 2019	57	123	2.2	51	0.89
Sep 2018	55	114	2.1	52	0.95
Sep 2017	60	133	2.2	82	1.37
Sep 2016	60	157	2.6	80	1.33
Sep 2015	59	159	2.7	65	1.10
Sep 2014 *	60	188	3.1	80	1.33

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 75% · Writing 82% · Maths 82% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%47th of 114 in Cheshire East

Cheshire East 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard75%

Cheshire East 80% England 78%

Higher standard38%

Cheshire East 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard82%

Cheshire East 78% England 75%

Greater depth21%

Cheshire East 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard82%

Cheshire East 80% England 77%

Higher standard36%

Cheshire East 25% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

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Cheshire East median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	70%	13%	106	107
2023/24	90%	21%	110	109
2022/23	82%	15%	107	108

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

Wistaston Church Lane AcademyThis school
This school

Standards maintained2024

2.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe
1.2 km · Cheshire East

Good2023

1.9applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Wistaston Academy
1.3 km · Cheshire East

Outstanding2024

2.4applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Willaston Primary Academy
1.3 km · Cheshire East

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Vine Tree Primary School
1.4 km · Cheshire East

Remains Good2023

4.3applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
The Berkeley Academy
1.6 km · Cheshire East

Standards maintained2025

2.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy
1.7 km · Cheshire East

Good2022

2.4applications per place
Pebble Brook Primary School
1.9 km · Cheshire East

Remains Good2024

1.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Edleston Primary School
2.2 km · Cheshire East

Standards maintained2025

2.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 141568 · 895/3812
Trust: The Learning Partnership Academies Trust
Capacity: 433 pupils · 416 on roll
Free school meals: 6.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 January 2015
Replaced: Wistaston Church Lane Primary School (URN 135138)
Address: Church Lane, Wistaston, Crewe, CW2 8EZ
Local authority: Cheshire East

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources