Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.285 miles
Criterion 6 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy 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 | 3.285 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 3.285 miles away, nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2024.
- That last distance swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2024 to 2025.
- In 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 26 Reception offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% 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
- Priest Lane, Mottram St Andrew, Macclesfield, SK10 4QL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 December 2025
Strengths
- “They benefit from being a part of a close-knit community, where everyone wants the best for every child.”
- “Staff greet pupils warmly each morning and know them well.”
- “Pupils are happy in school and the majority attend regularly.”
To improve
- “Over time, pupils’ achievement in writing has not been as strong as in other subjects.”
- “In 2025, pupils' achievement in the Year 4 multiplication table check was below the national average.”
- “On occasion, leaders’ checks do not identify inconsistencies in the quality of teaching.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2026 (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) | 69% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 21 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.
- Prestbury CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Alderley Edge Community Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nether Alderley Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Wilmslow Academy 2.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Upton Priory School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashdene Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Whirley Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published