North West
Schools in Cheshire East
171 schools, 59,614 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 40.7.
Ofsted across Cheshire East
Good81
Outstanding9
Requires improvement7
Inadequate1
No overall grade73
98 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 73 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 98
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 51
- Average days since inspection
- 955
- Framework mix
- 98 historic, 51 current, 22 none
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.
Schools 1–150 of 171
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Adlington Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aidenswood SchoolOther independent special school | Congleton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Alderley Edge Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Alderley Edge | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Alderley Edge School for GirlsOther independent school | Alderley Edge | No overall grade | — | — | |
| All Hallows Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No overall grade | 49.6 | 0.00-0.20 to 0.20 · not a win | |
| Alsager Highfields Community Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Alsager SchoolAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | 51.9 | 0.210.04 to 0.39 | |
| Ash Grove AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Ashdene Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wilmslow | No overall 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 overall grade | — | — | |
| Beech Hall SchoolOther independent school | Macclesfield | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Beechwood Primary School and NurseryCommunity school | Crewe | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| 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 | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| 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 | -0.07-0.26 to 0.12 · not a win | |
| Broken Cross Primary Academy and NurseryAcademy sponsor led | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Buglawton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Congleton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Tarporley | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Calveley Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Cheshire East | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Chelford CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Cheshire College - South & WestFurther education | Crewe | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cheshire Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Sandbach | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cheshire Studio SchoolStudio schools | Crewe | Good 2023 | 24 | -1.62-2.15 to -1.10 | |
| Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Macclesfield | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cledford Primary & Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | Middlewich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Compass Community Cledford ParkOther independent special school | Middlewich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Congleton High SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Good 2023 | 44.8 | -0.47-0.67 to -0.27 | |
| Cornerstone AcademyOther independent school | Cheshire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cranberry AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Cheshire East | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Crewe Engineering and Design UTCUniversity technical college | Crewe | No overall grade | 32.4 | -1.00-1.32 to -0.68 | |
| Daven Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| David Lewis SchoolNon-maintained special school | Alderley Edge | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Dean Valley Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Disley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Eaton Bank AcademyAcademy converter | Congleton | No overall grade | 46.9 | -0.13-0.34 to 0.09 · not a win | |
| Eden SchoolOther independent special school | Macclesfield | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Edleston Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Egerton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Knutsford | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Elworth CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Sandbach | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Elworth Hall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Esland Daven SchoolOther independent special school | Congleton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Excalibur Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Gainsborough Primary & Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Gawsworth Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Goostrey Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Near Crewe | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| 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 overall grade | — | — | |
| Hermitage Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| High Legh Primary SchoolCommunity school | Knutsford | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| High Peak SchoolOther independent special school | Cheshire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Highfields AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hollinhey Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | No overall grade | 48.2 | -0.04-0.22 to 0.15 · not a win | |
| Holmes Chapel Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hungerford Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | No overall 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 overall grade | — | — | |
| Knutsford AcademyAcademy converter | Knutsford | Report card 2026 | 54.9 | -0.03-0.24 to 0.18 · not a win | |
| Lacey Green Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wilmslow | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Lavender Field SchoolOther independent special school | Crewe | No overall 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 overall 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 | -0.14-0.37 to 0.10 · not a win | |
| Middlewich Primary SchoolCommunity school | Middlewich | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Millfields Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Mobberley CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Knutsford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Monks Coppenhall AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Mossley CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Mottram St Andrew Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Report card 2025 | — | — | |
| Nantwich Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nantwich | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Nether Alderley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Offley Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Sandbach | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Opal EducationOther independent special school | Congleton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Park Lane SchoolCommunity special school | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Parkroyal Community SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| 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 overall grade | — | — | |
| Poynton High SchoolAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2023 | 53 | 0.290.10 to 0.49 | |
| Prestbury CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Puss Bank School and NurseryAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Rainow Primary SchoolCommunity school | Macclesfield | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Reaseheath CollegeFurther education | Nantwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Rode Heath Primary SchoolCommunity school | Stoke-on-Trent | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Ruskin Community High SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | Good 2024 | 37.9 | -0.22-0.46 to 0.03 · not a win | |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Requires improvement 2024 | — | — | |
| Sandbach High School and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2022 | 55.6 | 0.480.28 to 0.67 | |
| Sandbach Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Sandbach | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Sandbach SchoolFree schools | Sandbach | No overall grade | 48.2 | 0.280.11 to 0.45 | |
| Scholar Green Primary SchoolCommunity school | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Shavington AcademyAcademy converter | Shavington | Good 2023 | 47.8 | 0.04-0.18 to 0.26 · not a win | |
| Shavington Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Sir William Stanier SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Crewe | Report card 2026 | 28.4 | -0.90-1.17 to -0.63 | |
| Smallwood CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Sound and District Primary SchoolCommunity school | Nantwich | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Springfield SchoolCommunity special school | Crewe | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Nantwich | No overall 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 overall grade | 47.7 | 0.260.01 to 0.51 | |
| 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 overall grade | — | — | |
| Styal Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wilmslow | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| TILT EducationOther independent special school | Alsager | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Terra Nova SchoolOther independent school | Crewe | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Berkeley AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Dingle Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| The Fallibroome AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | 53.4 | 0.560.38 to 0.74 | |
| The King's School In MacclesfieldOther independent school | Macclesfield | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Lodge APOther independent school | Sandbach | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Macclesfield AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Macclesfield | Requires improvement 2020 | 42.7 | — | |
| The Oaks AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Crewe | Good 2024 | 35.4 | -0.50-0.82 to -0.18 | |
| The Quinta Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| The Ryleys SchoolOther independent school | Alderley Edge | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Wilmslow AcademyAcademy converter | Wilmslow | No overall grade | — | — |