Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Tarporley, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.743 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary School is a primary school in Tarporley, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bunbury Aldersey CofE 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 | 7.743 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
- Under one of its admission criteria, the last Reception offer in 2026 went to a child 7.743 miles away; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- 16 of the 45 applications (36%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Cheshire East, and 6 offers went to them.
- 2024/25: 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest 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
- School Lane, Bunbury, Tarporley, CW6 9NR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025
Strengths
- “Bunbury Aldersey Primary provides a caring and nurturing environment.”
- “Pupils know that if they have any worries, there is always a member of staff who they can talk to.”
- “Parents and carers have overwhelmingly positive views about the school.”
To improve
- “A recent dip in writing outcomes, due to weaknesses in the previous writing curriculum, do not reflect the overall quality of provision here.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Calveley Primary Academy 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Acton Church of England Primary Academy 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Millfields Primary Academy 6.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nantwich Primary Academy 6.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highfields Academy 6.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wrenbury Primary School 6.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published