Rainow Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
9.003 miles
Distance · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rainow Primary School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Rainow 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 | 9.003 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 2026 the last child offered a place lived 9.003 miles away, the 14th longest of 118 Cheshire East primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 16 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East that have results.
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
- Round Meadow, Rainow, Macclesfield, SK10 5UB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 194 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thoroughly enjoy attending this picturesque village school.”
- “Their exemplary attitudes are underpinned by the school’s six learning values.”
- “They are celebrated for their individuality.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2025 (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) | 75% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 16 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.
- Bollington St John's CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dean Valley Community Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bollington Cross CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Marlborough Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Puss Bank School and Nursery 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published