Bollington Cross CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.366 miles
Distance · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bollington Cross CofE Primary School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bollington Cross CofE 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 | 1.366 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 child offered a Reception place lived 1.366 miles away, the 41st shortest of the 118 Cheshire East primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2024, after a sharp swing from 2024 to 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Bollington Road, Bollington, Macclesfield, SK10 5EG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 167 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils said that they are happy to come to this school every morning because their teachers are kind and staff know them well.”
- “They feel safe because they trust adults to resolve any problems that they may have.”
- “Staff deal with any occasional acts of unkindness or bullying swiftly.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders have not defined carefully enough the knowledge that they want pupils to acquire.”
- “As a result, in these subjects, pupils do not learn some of the building blocks essential for their future learning.”
- “However, in a few subjects, teachers do not identify across a series of lessons where gaps in pupils’ knowledge remain.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 71% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- Dean Valley Community Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bollington St John's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Marlborough Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Prestbury CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Rainow Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published