Academy converter · Cheshire East

Wheelock Primary School

4–11Ages
394Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142756URN

Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 4PY

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.6per place

0.4 above Cheshire East median (2.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

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140 applications for 55 places · 27th of 101 in Cheshire East

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

58%met the expected standard

Cheshire East 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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 entry

2.6applications per place, Reception

0.4 above Cheshire East median (2.2) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

140 applications · 55 places offered · 38 named it first

2026 2.6; Cheshire East median median 2.2
2025 2.7; Cheshire East median median 2.2
2024 2.9; Cheshire East median median 2.1
2023 3.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1
2022 2.9; Cheshire East median median 2.2
2021 3.4; Cheshire East median median 2.1
2020 3.1; Cheshire East median median 2.1
2019 3.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0
2018 3.4; Cheshire East median median 2.0
2017 2.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0
2016 3.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
2015 3.0; Cheshire East median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 2.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Cheshire East median in 10 of 10 years.

This school
Cheshire East median

Dashed bars: as Wheelock Primary School (URN 111036), 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	55	140	2.6	38	0.69
Sep 2025	57	151	2.7	45	0.79
Sep 2024	52	152	2.9	50	0.96
Sep 2023	58	174	3.0	45	0.78
Sep 2022	60	176	2.9	62	1.03
Sep 2021	45	154	3.4	60	1.33
Sep 2020	45	140	3.1	52	1.16
Sep 2019	45	144	3.2	46	1.02
Sep 2018	45	153	3.4	55	1.22
Sep 2017	39	107	2.7	33	0.85
Sep 2016 *	45	135	3.0	54	1.20
Sep 2015 *	45	134	3.0	61	1.36
Sep 2014 *	44	117	2.7	42	0.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 82% · Writing 71% · Maths 67% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard58%83rd of 114 in Cheshire East

Cheshire East 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard82%

Cheshire East 80% England 78%

Higher standard29%

Cheshire East 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard71%

Cheshire East 78% England 75%

Greater depth4%

Cheshire East 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard67%

Cheshire East 80% England 77%

Higher standard16%

Cheshire East 25% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (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	58%	2%	105	103
2023/24	50%	2%	104	102
2022/23	65%	2%	107	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

Wheelock Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

2.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Sandbach Primary Academy
0.8 km · Cheshire East

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Elworth Hall Primary School
1.7 km · Cheshire East

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Elworth CofE Primary School
1.7 km · Cheshire East

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Offley Primary Academy
1.8 km · Cheshire East

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
St John's CofE Academy
2.4 km · Cheshire East

Special measures Inadequate2023

1.3applications per place
The Dingle Primary School
3.5 km · Cheshire East

Outstanding2023

2.0applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Warmingham CofE Primary School
4.3 km · Cheshire East

Good2023

2.6applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
Haslington Primary Academy
4.5 km · Cheshire East

Remains Good2023

2.8applications per place 75%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142756 · 895/2166
Trust: The Learning Partnership Academies Trust
Capacity: 345 pupils · 394 on roll
Free school meals: 12.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2016
Replaced: Wheelock Primary School (URN 111036)
Address: Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 4PY
Local authority: Cheshire East

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