The Dingle Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Crewe, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.896 miles
Distance · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Dingle Primary School is a primary school in Crewe, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Dingle 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 | 1.896 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
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 27 September 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East, 5 are Good, 2 have no current grade and 1 Requires improvement.
- In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child 1.896 miles away, 55th shortest of the 118 Cheshire East primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 62 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest 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
- The Dingle, Haslington, Crewe, CW1 5SD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 403 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this exceptional school.”
- “This is a place where they feel happy and safe.”
- “Pupils are very proud of their school, including the wider opportunities that it offers.”
To improve
- “Even so, some of children’s learning experiences during their time in early years are not as well developed as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 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) | 65% | 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: 62 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Haslington Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hungerford Primary Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Monks Coppenhall Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Brierley Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Wheelock Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School and Nursery 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael's Community Academy 2.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Edleston Primary School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published