Underwood West Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Crewe, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.871 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Underwood West Academy is a primary school in Crewe, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Underwood West 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 | 0.871 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
- Half of pupils, 50%, are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East is 30.8%.
- In 2026 the last Reception place offered under one of its admission criteria went to a child living 0.871 miles away, further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 33 first-choice applications for 34 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 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
- Newcastle Street, Crewe, CW1 3LF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 490 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “This is a school that wraps its arms around the pupils and their families.”
- “The school is a warm and welcoming place to learn.”
- “Pupils can be themselves and let their personalities shine through.”
To improve
- “High numbers of pupils with English as an additional language, who join the school during key stage 2, do not have the time to benefit fully from the curriculum offer before they leave at the end of Year 6.”
- “Nevertheless, the systems for checking what pupils know and remember over time are less effective.”
- “This means that, from time-to-time, misconceptions and gaps in learning go unaddressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 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) | 38% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 33 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 Michael's Community Academy 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leighton Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Edleston Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mablins Lane Community Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wistaston Academy 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brierley Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published