Brereton CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sandbach, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.583 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Brereton CofE Primary School is a primary school in Sandbach, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Brereton 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 | 4.583 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place under one of its admission criteria lived 4.583 miles away, the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between years, with the biggest move from 2024 to 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 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
- School Lane, Brereton Green, Sandbach, CW11 1RN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at Brereton School because they are helped to feel safe and valued as individuals.”
- “They attend regularly and arrive at school happy and ready to start each day.”
- “Pupils show enthusiasm for learning.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils struggle with their writing.”
- “At times, staff miss opportunities to address errors in pupils' written work, which can limit pupils' ability to fully demonstrate the depth of their understanding.”
- “However, occasionally, younger pupils become disengaged from their learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2026 (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) | 62% | 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, 28 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.
- St John's CofE Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Offley Primary Academy 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hermitage Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Holmes Chapel Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandbach Primary Academy 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Elworth Hall Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Elworth CofE Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Smallwood CofE Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published