Sandbach Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Sandbach, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.965 miles
Criterion 4 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sandbach Primary Academy is a primary school in Sandbach, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Sandbach Primary 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 | 4.965 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 under one of its admission criteria lived 4.965 miles away; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- That Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and than in 2024, and it swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 4NS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 149 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, enjoy coming to this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils demonstrate these in their behaviour towards others.”
- “Pupils play their part in contributing to the school’s caring community through their roles as ‘happiness heroes’.”
To improve
- “In a couple of subjects, including some areas of learning in the early years, the school is still determining the most important knowledge that pupils should learn.”
- “This means that occasionally, staff find it difficult to design learning that helps pupils to build their knowledge securely.”
- “However, in a few subjects, the school is not as adept at checking pupils’ prior learning before introducing new information.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 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) | 75% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 14 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.
- Wheelock Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Offley Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Elworth Hall Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Elworth CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Dingle Primary School 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brereton CofE Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Warmingham CofE Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published