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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 11 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 8 May 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Dean Oaks Primary School, URN 135245
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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 entry73 applications · 45 places offered · 30 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 1.4; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2018 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2017 1.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2016 1.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Cheshire East median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Dean Oaks Primary School (URN 135245), 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 | 45 | 73 | 1.6 | 30 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2025 | 37 | 70 | 1.9 | 26 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2024 | 53 | 85 | 1.6 | 39 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2023 | 32 | 69 | 2.2 | 28 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 45 | 87 | 1.9 | 35 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2021 | 40 | 80 | 2.0 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 58 | 80 | 1.4 | 37 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2019 | 41 | 65 | 1.6 | 31 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2018 | 43 | 72 | 1.7 | 31 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2017 | 52 | 51 | 1.0 | 19 | 0.37 |
| Sep 2016 * | 55 | 65 | 1.2 | 31 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 78 | 1.3 | 36 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2014 * | 41 | 74 | 1.8 | 28 | 0.68 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 70% · Writing 78% · Maths 70% → all three 60% 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 | 60% | 8% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 10% | 105 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 65% | 2% | 106 | 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
- The Wilmslow AcademyThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20241.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20222.0applications per place
- 2.0 km · Cheshire EastGood20232.2applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Cheshire EastOutstanding20242.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · Stockport20264.0applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · StockportRemains Good20242.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · Cheshire EastOutstanding20233.2applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · StockportRemains Good20233.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.9applications per place 62%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
- 143156 · 895/3814
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 389 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2016
- Replaced
- Dean Oaks Primary School (URN 135245)
- Address
- Handforth Road, Wilmslow, SK9 2LX
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources