Acton Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Nantwich, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
92.912 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Acton Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Nantwich, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 October 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Acton Church of England Primary 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 | 92.912 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 92.912 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 84% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Chester Road, Acton, Nantwich, CW5 8LG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school each day.”
- “The school is a haven of calm.”
- “Pupils learn free from distraction.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects where the curriculum content has recently been revised, teachers and leaders sometimes lack the confidence and skills to deliver new learning consistently well.”
- “This means that staff sometimes do not support pupils to make secure enough connections between new topics and concepts.”
- “This prevents a few pupils from deepening their learning, and from knowing and remembering more knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 November 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) | 84% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 22 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.
- Millfields Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nantwich Primary Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Highfields Academy 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Weaver Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pear Tree Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published