Marlborough Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.85 miles
Criterion 4 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Marlborough Primary School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 February 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Marlborough 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 | 1.85 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
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place under one of its admission criteria lived 1.85 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East that have results.
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
- Tytherington Drive, Tytherington, Macclesfield, SK10 2HJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 405 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this welcoming and friendly school.”
- “They feel happy to be part of such a warm and caring community.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ learning.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, pupils do not know the most important words to remember, to help them to understand concepts.”
- “This sometimes hampers their ability to make deeper connections between new learning and earlier content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 73% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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.
- Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bollington Cross CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Puss Bank School and Nursery 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dean Valley Community Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkroyal Community School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Upton Priory School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bollington St John's CofE Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published