Offley Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sandbach, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.637 miles
Criterion 3 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Offley Primary Academy is a primary school in Sandbach, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Cheshire East and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Offley 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 | 0.637 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 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 child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 0.637 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- Reception 2026 had 75 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, so 15 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, it ranked highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East that have results.
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
- Offley Road, Sandbach, CW11 1GY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 454 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Offley Primary Academy.”
- “They told inspectors that their teachers help them to, ‘Always aspire to be our best.”
- “Pupils benefit from an array of activities that the school organises for them.”
To improve
- “Until recently, these expectations were not always realised as well as they could be.”
- “In some subjects, pupils have gaps in their learning caused by weaknesses in previous curriculums.”
- “However, in some subjects, the checks on pupils’ learning are not consistently used.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 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) | 75% | 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: 75 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Sandbach Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Elworth Hall Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's CofE Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elworth CofE Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wheelock Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Brereton CofE Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Warmingham CofE Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Smallwood CofE Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published