Wrenbury Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Nantwich, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.813 miles
In Area · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wrenbury Primary School is a primary school in Nantwich, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 January 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Wrenbury Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.813 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last Reception offer for children in the school's priority area went to a child living 0.813 miles away.
- The 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 and in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years; it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 20 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 60% reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire East schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Nantwich Road, Wrenbury, Nantwich, CW5 8EN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to a school where everyone matters.”
- “They are exceptionally well cared for.”
- “Pupils enjoy their weekly well-being lunches.”
To improve
- “However, some leaders do not check how well this guidance is being used.”
- “On occasion, some teachers adapt leaders’ intended curriculum.”
- “This means that pupils in the same year group but in different classes learn slightly different content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 60% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 25 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cheshire East.
- Sound and District Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Millfields Primary Academy 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Weaver Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Acton Church of England Primary Academy 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 4.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Audlem St James' CofE Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Nantwich Primary Academy 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published