Graded inspection · May 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire East
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| 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 entry87 applications · 37 places offered · 37 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2024 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2023 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2021 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Cheshire East median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School (URN 133352), 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 | 37 | 87 | 2.4 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 37 | 63 | 1.7 | 28 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2024 * | 32 | 68 | 2.1 | 25 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2023 * | 33 | 74 | 2.2 | 29 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 * | 27 | 47 | 1.7 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 37 | 69 | 1.9 | 36 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 * | 33 | 66 | 2.0 | 30 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 * | 40 | 77 | 1.9 | 38 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 * | 40 | 98 | 2.5 | 38 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 108 | 1.8 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 111 | 1.9 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 53 | 115 | 2.2 | 48 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 129 | 2.2 | 76 | 1.27 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Gainsborough Primary & Nursery AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.4applications per place
- 0.4 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20234.3applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20252.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.9applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Cheshire EastOutstanding20242.4applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20241.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Cheshire East20261.7applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Cheshire EastGood20222.6applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 150726 · 895/3810
- Trust
- Alexandra Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 450 pupils · 417 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2025
- Replaced
- Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School (URN 133352)
- Address
- Belgrave Road, Crewe, CW2 7NH
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources