St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.219 miles
Criterion 7 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield 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 14 July 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield 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 | 0.219 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
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 0.219 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- 2024/25 results: 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd 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
- Ivy Road, St John the Evangelist Primary School, Macclesfield, SK11 8QN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents, carers and staff are proud to be part of this happy school.”
- “Pupils and children in the early years enjoy learning and feel safe.”
- “A typical parent comment was that this is ‘a lovely school with amazing teachers and happy children’.”
To improve
- “However, in a minority of subjects, teachers do not ensure that pupils have enough chances to revisit and recap their learning from previous years.”
- “Occasionally, this means that some pupils do not deepen their learning as much as they could.”
- “However, a few pupils still do not attend regularly enough and this holds back their achievement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 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) | 62% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Ivy Bank Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkroyal Community School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ash Grove Academy 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Whirley Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published