Parkroyal Community School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.285 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Parkroyal Community School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Parkroyal Community 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 | 1.285 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
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
- Reception 2026 drew 52 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.285 miles away, under one of its admission criteria; this distance has swung sharply, most from 2024 to 2025.
- Pupils eligible for free school meals make up 11.7%, against a middle figure of 19.6% 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
- Lyon Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6QX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 411 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive promptly each morning and settle happily into their lessons.”
- “They enjoy learning new things and practising key skills in reading, writing and mathematics.”
- “Pupils steadily build on their knowledge year on year.”
To improve
- “The number of pupils working at greater depth in writing is below the national average.”
- “However, there are times when pupils’ understanding is not sufficiently detailed.”
- “For example, pupils’ understanding of the way money is used is not secure.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 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) | 57% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 52 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.
- Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ash Grove Academy 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ivy Bank Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Puss Bank School and Nursery 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published