Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Congleton, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.146 miles
Criterion 4 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Congleton, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Saint Mary's Catholic 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 | 1.146 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place under one of its admission criteria lived 1.146 miles away.
- That 2026 distance was further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2024, and it was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 23 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 7th lowest of 121 Cheshire East primary schools.
- 2024/25: 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest 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
- Belgrave Avenue, Congleton, CW12 1HT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 183 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 32.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy belonging to this local, welcoming school.”
- “They relish the many opportunities that they are given to cooperate, play and spend time with their friends.”
- “Pupils spoke with sheer joy about recent residential visits.”
To improve
- “However, weaknesses in the previous curriculum offer means that some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “They are not as well prepared for their future learning as they should be.”
- “This has led to a turbulent period in terms of staffing and leadership of the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 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) | 53% | 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, 23 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.
- Marlfields Primary School 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Daven Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Buglawton Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Quinta Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Black Firs Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Havannah Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Mossley CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published