Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.284 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 17 July 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery 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 | 0.284 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, 52% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.284 miles, under one of its admission criteria, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 16 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 42.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.7% 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
- Parkett Heyes Road, Macclesfield, SK11 8UD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 17 July 2024
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming school where every pupil is known and celebrated as an individual.”
- “They feel loved, accepted and successful.”
- “The school has exceedingly high expectations of pupils’ academic success across each area of the curriculum.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, staff’s expectations of the quality of work in pupils’ books fluctuates.”
- “As a result, there is some unevenness in the work that pupils produce in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 2024 (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) | 52% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 16 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 John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whirley Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ivy Bank Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Upton Priory School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkroyal Community School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published