Bollington St John's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.329 miles
Criterion 3 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bollington St John's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2022. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bollington St John's 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 | 2.329 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's last place offered under one of its admission criteria went to a child living 2.329 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 7 first-choice applications for 8 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 8% 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
- Grimshaw Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, SK10 5LY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 102 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this small and welcoming school.”
- “The warm and positive relationships that pupils build with staff, and with each other, help them to feel safe.”
- “Pupils value their friendships.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders’ curriculum thinking is less clear.”
- “They have not ensured that teachers understand the most important knowledge that pupils, including children in the early years, should learn.”
- “This means that, at times, the learning that teachers design does not help pupils to know all that they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 January 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) | 54% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 7 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 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bollington Cross CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Rainow Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Marlborough Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Adlington Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Prestbury CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published