Cranberry Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.304 miles
Criterion 4 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cranberry Academy is a primary school in Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Cranberry 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 | 5.304 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 Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.304 miles away under one of its admission criteria, the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 47 first-choice applications for 52 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 58% 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.
- With 20.2 pupils per teacher, it sits below the middle figure of 26.3 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
- Cranberry Lane, Alsager, Cranberry Academy, ST7 2LE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 434 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Cranberry Academy come to school each morning with a smile.”
- “They are happy to greet their friends and receive a warm welcome from caring staff who know them well.”
- “Pupils, including children in early years, feel safe and cared for.”
To improve
- “However, some disadvantaged pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “However, this is not the case for some disadvantaged pupils who do not achieve as well as disadvantaged pupils nationally.”
- “However, some pupils who need extra help in reading and writing do not get enough practice to improve as quickly as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 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) | 58% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 47 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.
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Pikemere School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alsager Highfields Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Excalibur Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Rode Heath Primary School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Haslington Primary Academy 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Dingle Primary School 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Scholar Green Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published