Elworth CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Sandbach, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.748 miles
In Area · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Elworth CofE Primary School is a primary school in Sandbach, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 October 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Elworth 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 | 0.748 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
- Reception 2026 had 80 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 1.3 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 121 Cheshire East primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 57 offers went to first-choice families, 23 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, the last distance offered, for children in the priority area, was 0.748 miles, further from the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2024.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% 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
- School Lane, Elworth, Sandbach, CW11 3HU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 413 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 October 2023
Strengths
- “This is a happy and friendly school, where everyone values and celebrates the differences between people.”
- “Pupils live up to the school’s motto.”
- “Their actions show that they are ready, responsible and respectful.”
To improve
- “However, in a few of the foundation subjects, it is less clear what pupils must know and remember.”
- “In addition, the order in which subject knowledge will be taught has not been identified.”
- “This makes it difficult for pupils to build on what they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 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) | 73% | 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: 80 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Elworth Hall Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandbach Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Offley Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wheelock Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Warmingham CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Dingle Primary School 2.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brereton CofE Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published