North West
Primary 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.
Primary schools in Cheshire East
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wincle CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | 91% |
| Ashdene Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wilmslow | No grade | 89% |
| Lostock Hall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2024 | 89% |
| Lindow Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wilmslow | Good 2023 | 88% |
| Gorsey Bank Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wilmslow | Outstanding 2023 | 88% |
| Calveley Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Cheshire East | No grade | 88% |
| Egerton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Knutsford | Good 2023 | 87% |
| Goostrey Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Near Crewe | No grade | 86% |
| Rode Heath Primary SchoolCommunity school | Stoke-on-Trent | Outstanding 2024 | 84% |
| Acton Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2023 | 84% |
| Excalibur Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | 84% |
| Chelford CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | 83% |
| Bridgemere CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Nantwich | Good 2024 | 83% |
| Shavington Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2024 | 83% |
| Bexton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Knutsford | Good 2023 | 82% |
| Prestbury CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | No grade | 80% |
| Wistaston AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Outstanding 2024 | 80% |
| The Berkeley AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | 80% |
| Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Macclesfield | No grade | 80% |
| Lacey Green Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wilmslow | Good 2023 | 79% |
| Weston Village Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2022 | 78% |
| Vernon Primary SchoolCommunity school | Poynton | Outstanding 2024 | 77% |
| Peover Superior Endowed Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Knutsford | Outstanding 2023 | 77% |
| Pikemere SchoolAcademy converter | Alsager | Good 2022 | 77% |
| Brierley Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | Good 2022 | 76% |
| Rainow Primary SchoolCommunity school | Macclesfield | No grade | 75% |
| Mobberley CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Knutsford | No grade | 75% |
| Pear Tree Primary SchoolAcademy converter | NANTWICH | Good 2022 | 75% |
| Nether Alderley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | 75% |
| Sandbach Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Sandbach | No grade | 75% |
| St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2023 | 75% |
| Offley Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Sandbach | No grade | 75% |
| Disley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2024 | 75% |
| Haslington Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | 75% |
| Sound and District Primary SchoolCommunity school | Nantwich | Good 2024 | 74% |
| Handforth Grange Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wilmslow | Outstanding 2024 | 74% |
| Dean Valley Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | 73% |
| Elworth CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Sandbach | Good 2023 | 73% |
| Marlborough Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | 73% |
| Adlington Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | 73% |
| Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Tarporley | No grade | 73% |
| Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Nantwich | No grade | 73% |
| Alsager Highfields Community Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | 72% |
| Bollington Cross CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | 71% |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2024 | 71% |
| Millfields Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2022 | 71% |
| Mossley CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | No grade | 70% |
| Wistaston Church Lane AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | 70% |
| Audlem St James' CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | 70% |
| Mottram St Andrew Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | 69% |
| Holmes Chapel Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | 69% |
| Monks Coppenhall AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | 69% |
| Highfields AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | No grade | 69% |
| Puss Bank School and NurseryAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | 69% |
| Weaver Primary SchoolCommunity school | Nantwich | Good 2023 | 68% |
| Black Firs Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Good 2022 | 68% |
| St Gabriel's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Stoke-on-Trent | Outstanding 2024 | 67% |
| Middlewich Primary SchoolCommunity school | Middlewich | Good 2022 | 67% |
| Gawsworth Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | 66% |
| The Dingle Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | Outstanding 2023 | 65% |
| Pebble Brook Primary SchoolFoundation school | Crewe | Good 2024 | 65% |
| Worth Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Poynton | Requires improvement 2023 | 65% |
| The Quinta Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Good 2023 | 65% |
| Whirley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | 65% |
| Manor Park Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | Knutsford | Good 2023 | 65% |
| Styal Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wilmslow | Good 2023 | 63% |
| Scholar Green Primary SchoolCommunity school | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | 63% |
| Leighton AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | 63% |
| Upton Priory SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | 63% |
| Edleston Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | No grade | 62% |
| St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Wilmslow | Good 2023 | 62% |
| St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School MacclesfieldVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | 62% |
| Brereton CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2022 | 62% |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Nantwich | No grade | 61% |
| Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | 61% |
| Nantwich Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nantwich | Good 2024 | 61% |
| Daven Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | No grade | 61% |
| Buglawton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Congleton | No grade | 60% |
| Wrenbury Primary SchoolCommunity school | Nantwich | Good 2023 | 60% |
| Hermitage Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2023 | 60% |
| The Wilmslow AcademyAcademy converter | Wilmslow | No grade | 60% |
| Havannah Primary SchoolCommunity school | Congleton | No grade | 59% |
| High Legh Primary SchoolCommunity school | Knutsford | Good 2022 | 58% |
| Cranberry AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Cheshire East | No grade | 58% |
| Ash Grove AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Outstanding 2024 | 58% |
| Willaston Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Nantwich | Good 2023 | 58% |
| Wheelock Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2024 | 58% |
| Marton and District CofE Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | 57% |
| Parkroyal Community SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | 57% |
| Ivy Bank Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Hungerford Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | 55% |
| Mablins Lane Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | No grade | 54% |
| Bollington St John's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | 54% |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Requires improvement 2024 | 53% |
| Broken Cross Primary Academy and NurseryAcademy sponsor led | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | 52% |
| Elworth Hall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | No grade | 52% |
| Pott Shrigley CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Macclesfield | Good 2024 | 50% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, CreweVoluntary aided school | Crewe | Good 2023 | 48% |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Macclesfield | No grade | 48% |
| Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Nantwich | No grade | 45% |
| Beechwood Primary School and NurseryCommunity school | Crewe | No grade | 44% |
| Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Malpas | Good 2024 | 44% |
| Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Kettleshulme. High Peak | No grade | 44% |
| Smallwood CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2024 | 43% |
| Hollinhey Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | 43% |
| Vine Tree Primary SchoolCommunity school | Crewe | Good 2023 | 40% |
| Underwood West AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | 38% |
| Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Stoke-on-Trent | Requires improvement 2024 | 33% |
| St Michael's Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Crewe | Requires improvement 2023 | 33% |
| Warmingham CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sandbach | Good 2023 | 33% |
| Marlfields Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Congleton | Requires improvement 2024 | 28% |
| Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Congleton | Good 2023 | 15% |
| Little Bollington CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Altrincham | Requires improvement 2024 | 9% |
| Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2023 | 0% |
| Cledford Primary & Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | Middlewich | No grade | — |
| Gainsborough Primary & Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | Crewe | Good 2022 | — |
| Lower Park SchoolAcademy converter | Stockport | Good 2023 | — |
| 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 | — |
| St John's CofE AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Sandbach | Inadequate 2023 | — |
| Hurdsfield Community Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | Macclesfield | Good 2022 | — |
| Alderley Edge Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Alderley Edge | No grade | — |
| St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Knutsford | Good 2022 | — |