Wincle CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wincle CofE Primary School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 February 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Wincle 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 91% met the expected standard, highest of 8 schools: this one and 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East that have results.
- Reception 2026 had 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in both 2024 and 2025.
- It has 64 pupils on roll (January 2026) and 14.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.9 across 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
- Wincle, Macclesfield, SK11 0QH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 64 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 February 2023
Strengths
- “At Wincle CofE Primary School, pupils and their families enjoy a strong sense of community and belonging.”
- “Parents and carers appreciate the regular communication, and involvement in day-to-day school life, that leaders provide.”
- “Pupils benefit from this partnership.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders are still finalising the precise knowledge that pupils should learn.”
- “In these subjects, some pupils’ learning is not as secure as it is in other subjects.”
- “However, the phonics programme is still in the early stages of implementation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 May 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) | 91% | 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: 3 first-preference applications, 3 offers in total, 3 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.
- Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hollinhey Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ash Grove Academy 4.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gawsworth Primary School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Puss Bank School and Nursery 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ivy Bank Primary School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkroyal Community School 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published