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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 31 January 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, URN 111340
- 15 October 2013Graded inspection: Good · as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, URN 111340
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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 entry47 applications · 21 places offered · 22 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2024 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2023 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2021 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2019 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's Catholic Primary School (URN 111340), 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 | 21 | 47 | 2.2 | 22 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 * | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 16 | 40 | 2.5 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 18 | 37 | 2.1 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 * | 17 | 34 | 2.0 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 * | 19 | 46 | 2.4 | 20 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 * | 26 | 59 | 2.3 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 * | 24 | 52 | 2.2 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 29 | 61 | 2.1 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 * | 24 | 46 | 1.9 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 * | 35 | 59 | 1.7 | 27 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2015 * | 25 | 49 | 2.0 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 58 | 1.9 | 28 | 0.93 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20242.2applications per place
- 0.2 km · Cheshire EastGood20221.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Cheshire EastNot yet inspected1.5applications per place
- 2.5 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20231.3applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20233.9applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · Cheshire EastGood20232.6applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20231.9applications per place 61%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
- 151268 · 895/3537
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 230 pupils · 169 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2025
- Replaced
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School (URN 111340)
- Address
- Manor Lane, Middlewich, CW10 9DH
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources