Goostrey Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Near Crewe, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.043 miles
Distance · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Goostrey Community Primary School is a primary school in Near Crewe, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (community school). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Goostrey Community 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 | 2.043 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
- For Reception in 2026, there were 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception in 2026, 11 of the 68 applications (16%) came from families living outside Cheshire East, and 3 offers went to them.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.043 miles away, nearer the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- In 2024/25, 86% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Main Road, Goostrey, Near Crewe, CW4 8PE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to be part of the caring community fostered at Goostrey Community Primary School.”
- “They are polite and make a positive contribution to life in the school and beyond.”
- “They understand why everyone should be treated fairly.”
To improve
- “On occasions, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “Pupils sometimes do not develop the depth of knowledge that they could.”
- “However, attendance for disadvantaged pupils has declined in recent years.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 2026 (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) | 86% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Hermitage Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holmes Chapel Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Peover Superior Endowed Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Brereton CofE Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chelford CofE Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Marton and District CofE Aided Primary School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bexton Primary School 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Black Firs Primary School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published