Gorsey Bank Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Wilmslow, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.465 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gorsey Bank Primary School is a primary school in Wilmslow, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Gorsey Bank 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 | 0.465 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
- Reception 2026 had 78 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 1.3 first choices per offer, the 5th highest of 121 Cheshire East primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 56 offers went to first-choice families and 22 first-choice families were not offered a place; 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 0.465 miles under one of its admission criteria, about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2024.
- In 2024/25, 88% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% 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
- Altrincham Road, Wilmslow, SK9 5NQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 422 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), thrive at Gorsey Bank Primary School.”
- “They more than rise to leaders’ high expectations of their academic and personal development.”
- “Pupils achieve exceptionally well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 July 2023 (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) | 88% | 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: 78 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.
- St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashdene Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lacey Green Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lindow Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Styal Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alderley Edge Community Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Wilmslow Academy 1.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Handforth Grange Primary School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published