North West
Schools in Cheshire East
172 schools, 59,614 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 40.7.
Ofsted across Cheshire East
Good84
Outstanding9
Requires improvement7
Inadequate1
No overall grade71
101 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 71 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
All schools in Cheshire East
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2023 | — |
| Adlington Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Aidenswood SchoolOther independent special school | Congleton | No grade | — |
| Alderley Edge Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Alderley Edge | No grade | — |
| Alderley Edge School for GirlsOther independent school | Alderley Edge | No grade | — |
| All Hallows Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | 49.6 |
| Alsager Highfields Community Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | — |
| Alsager SchoolAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | 51.9 |
| Ash Grove AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Ashdene Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wilmslow | No grade | — |
| Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Congleton | Good 2023 | — |
| Audlem St James' CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | — |
| Aurora Summerfields SchoolOther independent special school | Wilmslow | No grade | — |
| Beech Hall SchoolOther independent school | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Beechwood Primary School and NurseryCommunity school | Crewe | No grade | — |
| Bexton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Knutsford | Good 2023 | — |
| Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Malpas | Good 2024 | — |
| Black Firs Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Good 2022 | — |
| Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — |
| Bollington Cross CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — |
| Bollington St John's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | — |
| Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — |
| Brereton CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2022 | — |
| Bridgemere CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Nantwich | Good 2024 | — |
| Brierley Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | Good 2022 | — |
| Brine Leas SchoolAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2022 | 49.7 |
| Broken Cross Primary Academy and NurseryAcademy sponsor led | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | — |
| Buglawton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Congleton | No grade | — |
| Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Tarporley | No grade | — |
| Calveley Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Cheshire East | No grade | — |
| Chelford CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — |
| Cheshire College - South & WestFurther education | Crewe | No grade | — |
| Cheshire Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Sandbach | No grade | — |
| Cheshire Studio SchoolStudio schools | Crewe | Good 2023 | 24 |
| Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Cledford Primary & Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | Middlewich | No grade | — |
| Compass Community Cledford ParkOther independent special school | Middlewich | No grade | — |
| Congleton High SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Good 2023 | 44.8 |
| Cornerstone AcademyOther independent school | Cheshire | No grade | — |
| Cranberry AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Cheshire East | No grade | — |
| Crewe Engineering and Design UTCUniversity technical college | Crewe | No grade | 32.4 |
| Daven Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | No grade | — |
| David Lewis SchoolNon-maintained special school | Alderley Edge | No grade | — |
| Dean Valley Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — |
| Disley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2024 | — |
| Eaton Bank AcademyAcademy converter | Congleton | No grade | 46.9 |
| Eden SchoolOther independent special school | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Edleston Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | No grade | — |
| Egerton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Knutsford | Good 2023 | — |
| Elworth CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Sandbach | Good 2023 | — |
| Elworth Hall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | No grade | — |
| Esland Daven SchoolOther independent special school | Congleton | No grade | — |
| Excalibur Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | — |
| Gainsborough Primary & Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2022 | — |
| Gawsworth Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Goostrey Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Near Crewe | No grade | — |
| Gorsey Bank Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wilmslow | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Handforth Grange Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wilmslow | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Haslington Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | — |
| Havannah Primary SchoolCommunity school | Congleton | No grade | — |
| Hermitage Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | — |
| High Legh Primary SchoolCommunity school | Knutsford | Good 2022 | — |
| High Peak SchoolOther independent special school | Cheshire | No grade | — |
| Highfields AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | No grade | — |
| Hollinhey Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — |
| Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | 48.2 |
| Holmes Chapel Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | — |
| Hungerford Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | — |
| Hurdsfield Community Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | — |
| Ivy Bank Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — |
| Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Kettleshulme. High Peak | No grade | — |
| Knutsford AcademyAcademy converter | Knutsford | No grade | 54.9 |
| Lacey Green Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wilmslow | Good 2023 | — |
| Lavender Field SchoolOther independent special school | Crewe | No grade | — |
| Leighton AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | — |
| Lindow Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wilmslow | Good 2023 | — |
| Little Bollington CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Altrincham | Requires improvement 2024 | — |
| Lostock Hall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2024 | — |
| Lower Park SchoolAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2023 | — |
| Mablins Lane Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | No grade | — |
| Macclesfield CollegeFurther education | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Malbank School and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2022 | — |
| Manor Park Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | Knutsford | Good 2023 | — |
| Marlborough Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | — |
| Marlfields Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Requires improvement 2024 | — |
| Marton and District CofE Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | — |
| Middlewich High SchoolAcademy converter | Middlewich | Good 2022 | 41.2 |
| Middlewich Primary SchoolCommunity school | Middlewich | Good 2022 | — |
| Millfields Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2022 | — |
| Mobberley CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Knutsford | No grade | — |
| Monks Coppenhall AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | — |
| Mossley CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | No grade | — |
| Mottram St Andrew Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Nantwich Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nantwich | Good 2024 | — |
| Nether Alderley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Offley Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Sandbach | No grade | — |
| Opal EducationOther independent special school | Congleton | No grade | — |
| Park Lane SchoolCommunity special school | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | — |
| Parkroyal Community SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Pear Tree Primary SchoolAcademy converter | NANTWICH | Good 2022 | — |
| Pebble Brook Primary SchoolFoundation school | Crewe | Good 2024 | — |
| Peover Superior Endowed Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Knutsford | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Pikemere SchoolAcademy converter | Alsager | Good 2022 | — |
| Pott Shrigley CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | — |
| Pownall Hall SchoolOther independent school | Wilmslow | No grade | — |
| Poynton High SchoolAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2023 | 53 |
| Prestbury CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Puss Bank School and NurseryAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | — |
| Rainow Primary SchoolCommunity school | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| Reaseheath CollegeFurther education | Nantwich | No grade | — |
| Rode Heath Primary SchoolCommunity school | Stoke-on-Trent | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Ruskin Community High SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | Good 2024 | 37.9 |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Requires improvement 2024 | — |
| Sandbach High School and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2022 | 55.6 |
| Sandbach Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Sandbach | No grade | — |
| Sandbach SchoolFree schools | Sandbach | No grade | 48.2 |
| Scholar Green Primary SchoolCommunity school | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | — |
| Shavington AcademyAcademy converter | Shavington | Good 2023 | 47.8 |
| Shavington Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2024 | — |
| Sir William Stanier SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Crewe | No grade | 28.4 |
| Smallwood CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2024 | — |
| Sound and District Primary SchoolCommunity school | Nantwich | Good 2024 | — |
| Springfield SchoolCommunity special school | Crewe | No grade | — |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Nantwich | No grade | — |
| St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Wilmslow | Good 2023 | — |
| St Gabriel's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Stoke-on-Trent | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School MacclesfieldVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — |
| St John's CofE AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Sandbach | Inadequate 2023 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, CreweVoluntary aided school | Crewe | Good 2023 | — |
| St Michael's Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Crewe | Requires improvement 2023 | — |
| St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2023 | — |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2024 | — |
| St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | 47.7 |
| St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Knutsford | Good 2022 | — |
| St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Wilmslow | Good 2022 | — |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Middlewich | Good 2024 | — |
| Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Nantwich | No grade | — |
| Styal Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wilmslow | Good 2023 | — |
| TILT EducationOther independent special school | Alsager | No grade | — |
| Terra Nova SchoolOther independent school | Crewe | No grade | — |
| The Berkeley AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | — |
| The Dingle Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| The Fallibroome AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | 53.4 |
| The King's School In MacclesfieldOther independent school | Macclesfield | No grade | — |
| The Lodge APOther independent school | Sandbach | No grade | — |
| The Macclesfield AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Macclesfield | Requires improvement 2020 | 42.7 |
| The Oaks AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Crewe | Good 2024 | 35.4 |
| The Quinta Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Good 2023 | — |
| The Ryleys SchoolOther independent school | Alderley Edge | No grade | — |
| The Wilmslow AcademyAcademy converter | Wilmslow | No grade | — |
| Tytherington SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | 50.1 |
| Underwood West AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | — |
| Upton Priory SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | — |
| Vernon Primary SchoolCommunity school | Poynton | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Vine Tree Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | Good 2023 | — |
| Warmingham CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2023 | — |
| Weaver Primary SchoolCommunity school | Nantwich | Good 2023 | — |
| Westminster Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school | Crewe | Good 2023 | — |
| Weston Village Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2022 | — |
| Wheelock Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2024 | — |
| Whirley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | — |
| Willaston Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2023 | — |
| Wilmslow High SchoolCommunity school | Wilmslow | No grade | 51.4 |
| Wilmslow Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Wilmslow | No grade | — |
| Wincle CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — |
| Wistaston AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Wistaston Church Lane AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | — |
| Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Stoke-on-Trent | Requires improvement 2024 | — |
| Worth Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Poynton | Requires improvement 2023 | — |
| Wrenbury Primary SchoolCommunity school | Nantwich | Good 2023 | — |
| Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Nantwich | No grade | — |