St Michael's Community Academy

What the figures show

• In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.605 miles away, the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
• Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
• In 2024/25, 33% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
• There are 18.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.9 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

Holland Street, Crewe, CW1 3SL

Type

Academy sponsor led

Phase

Primary

Ages

2–11

Sector

State-funded

Admissions policy

Non-selective

Council

Cheshire East

Pupils on roll

412 January 2026 school census

Free school meals

43.2% of pupils eligible

Pupils per teacher

18.3

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Requires improvement Inspected 31 October 2023

Strengths

• “Each day starts positively at St Michael’s Community Academy.”
• “Pupils greet each other warmly and feel ready to start the day.”
• “Pupils feel safe and cared for.”

To improve

• “Despite this, pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
• “However, in a minority of classes, teachers’ subject understanding and knowledge of how best to teach are less well developed.”
• “However, sometimes staff do not model the use of resources as effectively as they could, for example by showing children how to use equipment on offer in the learning environment, when necessary.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

• 2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.

• Underwood West Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
• Beechwood Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
• Mablins Lane Community Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
• Monks Coppenhall Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
• Leighton Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
• Brierley Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
• Edleston Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
• Hungerford Primary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published

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