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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 19 April 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 14 February 2018Graded 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 entry106 applications · 43 places offered · 37 named it first
- 2026 2.5; 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 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 2.8; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.8; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Ivy Bank Primary School (URN 111022), 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 | 43 | 106 | 2.5 | 37 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 45 | 108 | 2.4 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 44 | 99 | 2.3 | 43 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 121 | 2.0 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 42 | 119 | 2.8 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 56 | 106 | 1.9 | 53 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 141 | 2.4 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 49 | 112 | 2.3 | 42 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 | 55 | 132 | 2.4 | 51 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 149 | 2.5 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 59 | 150 | 2.5 | 66 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2015 * | 57 | 117 | 2.1 | 54 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 * | 46 | 128 | 2.8 | 62 | 1.35 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 77% · Writing 71% · Maths 60% → all three 56% 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 | 56% | 8% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 5% | 106 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 54% | 0% | 104 | 100 |
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
- Ivy Bank Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20232.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good · improving20243.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Cheshire EastOutstanding20241.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Cheshire East20261.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Cheshire East20262.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Cheshire East20262.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141792 · 895/2151
- Capacity
- 480 pupils · 387 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2015
- Replaced
- Ivy Bank Primary School (URN 111022)
- Address
- Valley Road, Macclesfield, SK11 8PB
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources