Cheshire East schools and admissions data

Cheshire East Council has 144 primary schools and 45 secondary schools. 9% of Cheshire East's schools are private schools. 40 state schools in Cheshire East follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 117 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Cheshire East

  1. Outstanding 30
  2. Good 107
  3. Requires Improvement 11
  4. Inadequate 5

Most popular state schools
in Cheshire East in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Gawsworth Primary School

    Academy converter • Gawsworth, Macclesfield

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Buglawton Primary School

    Community school • Congleton

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Pikemere School

    Academy converter • Cheshire East, Alsager

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Handforth Grange Primary School

    Academy converter • Handforth, Wilmslow

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Whirley Primary School

    Academy converter • Broken Cross, Macclesfield

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Peover Superior Endowed Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Over Peover, Knutsford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Beechwood Primary School and Nursery

    Community school • Crewe

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Bickerton, Malpas

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Edleston Primary School

    Community school • Crewe

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Pear Tree Primary School

    Academy converter • Stapeley, NANTWICH

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Rainow Primary School

    Community school • Rainow, Macclesfield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    The Dingle Primary School

    Community school • Haslington, Crewe

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Styal Primary School

    Community school • Styal, Wilmslow

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Goostrey Community Primary School

    Community school • Goostrey, Near Crewe

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Highfields Academy

    Academy converter • Nantwich

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Dean Valley Community Primary School

    Community school • Bollington, Macclesfield

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School

    Academy converter • Stapeley, Nantwich

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  18. 18

    Excalibur Primary School

    Academy converter • Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  19. 19

    Prestbury CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Prestbury, Macclesfield

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Wheelock Primary School

    Academy converter • Sandbach

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    St Thomas More Catholic High School

    Academy converter • Crewe

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Wilmslow High School

    Community school • Wilmslow

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Brine Leas School

    Academy converter • Nantwich

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    The Fallibroome Academy

    Academy converter • Upton, Macclesfield

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Ruskin Community High School

    Community school • Crewe

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Shavington Academy

    Academy converter • Shavington

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Tytherington School

    Academy converter • Macclesfield

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Alsager School

    Academy converter • Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College

    Academy converter • Sandbach

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    All Hallows Catholic College

    Academy converter • Macclesfield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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