Primary school in Crewe, Cheshire East
Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy
Belgrave Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 7NH
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 May 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 417
- Places
- 450
- How full
- 93% full — 417 of 450 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 203 / 214
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Cheshire East 043C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 29%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 15%
- Households owning their home
- 82%
- Households in social housing
- 1%
- Households with no car
- 13%
- Adults economically inactive
- 32%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ALEXANDRA ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Head of School: Justine Nurse
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Ward
- Crewe West
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- URN
- 150726
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vine Tree Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 40% | 0.3 mi |
| Edleston Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 62% | 0.3 mi |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, CreweVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 48% | 0.3 mi |
| Wistaston AcademyAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | 80% | 0.4 mi |
| Pebble Brook Primary SchoolFoundation school | Good 2024 | 65% | 0.6 mi |
| Beechwood Primary School and NurseryCommunity school | No grade | 44% | 0.9 mi |
| Underwood West AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 38% | 1 mi |
| Brierley Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 76% | 1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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