Prestbury CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.151 miles
Criterion 6 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Prestbury CofE Primary School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 July 2025. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Prestbury 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 | 2.151 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, under one of its admission criteria, lived 2.151 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 49 first-choice applications for 46 offers; 39 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 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
- Bollin Grove, Prestbury, Macclesfield, SK10 4JJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 322 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this school community.”
- “They are well cared for and happy.”
- “They know that if they have any worries there is an adult that they can talk to.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the school is still refining the precise knowledge that pupils should learn.”
- “Consequently, sometimes, staff find it difficult to design learning that helps pupils to deepen their knowledge.”
- “This hampers how well some older pupils embed their learning and make connections with what they have learned before.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 80% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 39 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 Cross CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Upton Priory School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dean Valley Community Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marlborough Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whirley Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published