Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
10.345 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 September 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bollinbrook CofE (A) 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 | 10.345 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 10.345 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 15 first-choice applications for 17 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 17% 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
- Bollinbrook Ce (A) Primary School, Abbey Road, Macclesfield, SK10 3AT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 107 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Bollinbrook CofE Primary School embody the school’s values of honesty, respect and love.”
- “Staff warmly welcome pupils into school each day.”
- “They ensure that pupils feel safe and happy.”
To improve
- “However, the personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education programme does not afford pupils sufficient opportunities to learn about some aspects of fundamental British values in enough depth.”
- “For example, some pupils do not have an age-appropriate understanding of different faiths and cultures.”
- “However, some parents and carers feel that communication from the school is not as strong as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 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) | 61% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 15 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.
- Marlborough Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Upton Priory School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkroyal Community School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Puss Bank School and Nursery 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery 1.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published