Graded inspection · Sep 2023 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 | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate | |||
| Personal development | Inadequate | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry20 applications · 16 places offered · 12 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.3; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 1.4; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2023 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 1.0; Cheshire East median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2021 1.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Cheshire East median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as St John's CofE Primary School (URN 111334), 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 | 16 | 20 | 1.3 | 12 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 * | 17 | 24 | 1.4 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 * | 23 | 39 | 1.7 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 28 | 29 | 1.0 | 18 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2021 * | 29 | 30 | 1.0 | 20 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2020 * | 16 | 26 | 1.6 | 11 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2019 * | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 20 | 24 | 1.2 | 16 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 * | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 18 | 23 | 1.3 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 18 | 24 | 1.3 | 15 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2014 * | 21 | 28 | 1.3 | 20 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three 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 | ||||
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- St John's CofE AcademyThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Inadequate20231.3applications per place
- 1.6 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Cheshire EastGood20242.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20243.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · Cheshire East20261.9applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20242.2applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20223.4applications per place 77%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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151487 · 895/2010
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 154 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2025
- Replaced
- St John's CofE Primary School (URN 111334)
- Address
- Heath Road, Sandbach, CW11 2LE
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources