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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 31 January 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 8 January 2015Graded inspection: Good · as Upton Priory School, URN 135255
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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 entry53 applications · 30 places offered · 29 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.8; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 1.8; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 1.8; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 1.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2015 2.3; Cheshire East median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Upton Priory School (URN 135255), 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 | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 26 | 47 | 1.8 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 24 | 51 | 2.1 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 35 | 56 | 1.6 | 27 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2022 | 36 | 70 | 1.9 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 38 | 73 | 1.9 | 34 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 42 | 77 | 1.8 | 36 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2019 | 46 | 70 | 1.5 | 45 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 43 | 85 | 2.0 | 40 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 | 55 | 92 | 1.7 | 55 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 49 | 97 | 2.0 | 46 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 47 | 107 | 2.3 | 44 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 58 | 124 | 2.1 | 51 | 0.88 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 65% · Writing 78% · Maths 75% → all three 63% 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 | 63% | 3% | 103 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 0% | 105 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 61% | 5% | 105 | 104 |
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
- Upton Priory SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20241.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Cheshire East20262.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good · improving20243.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Cheshire East20261.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20241.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20252.2applications 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 142513 · 895/3816
- Trust
- Halliard Trust
- Capacity
- 388 pupils · 277 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2015
- Replaced
- Upton Priory School (URN 135255)
- Address
- Berwick Close, Off Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, SK10 3ED
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources