Warmingham CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sandbach, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.95 miles
Criterion 7 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Warmingham CofE Primary School is a primary school in Sandbach, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Warmingham 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 | 1.95 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
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 11 first-choice applications for 12 offers; 9 went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered, under one of its admission criteria, was 1.95 miles, the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- With 74 pupils on roll in January 2026, it has 14.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.9 across 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, Warmingham, Sandbach, CW11 3QN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 74 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend this small, nurturing school.”
- “They see themselves as part of one big caring family.”
- “Pupils embody the school ethos by being kind, respectful and safe.”
To improve
- “However, the school does not make sure that this happens in some subjects.”
- “From time to time, some teachers do not check that pupils’ learning is secure.”
- “This means that, on occasion, teachers do not identify and address pupils’ misconceptions as quickly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 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) | 33% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 9 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.
- Elworth CofE Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elworth Hall Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mablins Lane Community Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wheelock Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Monks Coppenhall Academy 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandbach Primary Academy 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published