Adlington Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.884 miles
Criterion 4 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Adlington Primary School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 December 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Adlington 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 | 1.884 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 Reception 2026 offer under one of its admission criteria went to a child living 1.884 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 14 offers; 13 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% 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
- Brookledge Lane, Adlington, Macclesfield, SK10 4JX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 97 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this small and nurturing school.”
- “They carefully follow the motto ‘Inspire, Believe, Achieve.”
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe, and they enjoy spending time with friends of all ages across the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 February 2025 (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: 18 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 13 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.
- Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Worth Primary School 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Dean Valley Community Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Vernon Primary School 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bollington St John's CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bollington Cross CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lostock Hall Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published