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 entry28 applications · 10 places offered · 10 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.8; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2024 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2023 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2021 1.5; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 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 1.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Hurdsfield Community Primary School (URN 111233), 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 | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 19 | 40 | 2.1 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 22 | 37 | 1.7 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 16 | 25 | 1.6 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 17 | 26 | 1.5 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 * | 24 | 33 | 1.4 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 * | 14 | 26 | 1.9 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 17 | 37 | 2.2 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 17 | 27 | 1.6 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 25 | 29 | 1.2 | 17 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2015 * | 12 | 15 | 1.3 | 8 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2014 * | 19 | 23 | 1.2 | 5 | 0.26 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hurdsfield Community Primary School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.8applications per place
- 1.0 km · Cheshire East20261.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20241.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Cheshire East20261.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · Cheshire EastGood20233.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Cheshire EastGood20224.0applications per place 54%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
- 151612 · 895/2716
- Capacity
- 188 pupils · 178 on roll
- Free school meals
- 44.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2025
- Replaced
- Hurdsfield Community Primary School (URN 111233)
- Address
- Hulley Road, Macclesfield, SK10 2LW
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources