Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Kettleshulme. High Peak, 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 🔒
Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary School is a primary school in Kettleshulme. High Peak, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 January 2025. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in both 2024 and 2025.
- Of the 6 applications for Reception 2026, 5 (83%) came from families living outside Cheshire East, and 4 offers went to them.
- 44% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
- In the same 2024/25 results, 22% 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
- Macclesfield Road, Kettleshulme. High Peak, SK23 7QU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 66 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils value being part of this welcoming school community.”
- “The school makes sure that new pupils receive effective support to settle quickly after they arrive.”
- “This is especially true for pupils with special educational needs and or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “In some subjects, the curriculum is still very new.”
- “They do not deliver the curriculum in these areas with the same confidence that they do in reading and mathematics.”
- “This impacts on how clearly teachers present new information, or how effectively they support pupils to build on what they have learned before.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 February 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) | 44% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 4 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.
- Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Disley Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rainow Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bollington St John's CofE Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Adlington Primary School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dean Valley Community Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Worth Primary School 4.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bollington Cross CofE Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published