Mossley CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Congleton, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.903 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mossley CofE Primary School is a primary school in Congleton, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Mossley CofE 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 | 2.903 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
- 3.9% of pupils qualify for free school meals, with 30.6 pupils per teacher; the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East have middle figures of 20.2% and 23.9.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 2.903 miles away; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 55 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Boundary Lane, Congleton, CW12 3JA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 413 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 30.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 15 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to be a part of the Mossley ‘family’.”
- “They are polite and respectful towards each other, staff and visitors.”
- “These pupils extend the learning of others beyond the classroom by setting competitions in art and science.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, some of the activity choices that teachers make for the younger pupils in school do not deepen their learning.”
- “However, some pupils do not consistently communicate well in writing.”
- “This is because teachers do not help pupils to write legibly or to spell as accurately as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 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) | 70% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 55 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.
- Daven Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Buglawton Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Marlfields Primary School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Havannah Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Quinta Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Black Firs Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published