Gawsworth Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.117 miles
Criterion 6 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gawsworth Primary School is a primary school in Macclesfield, 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.
Gawsworth 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 | 4.117 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 4.117 miles away under one of its admission criteria, the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 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
- Longbutts Lane, Gawsworth, Macclesfield, SK11 9QU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils start each day at Gawsworth Primary with eagerness and enthusiasm.”
- “They speak positively about their firm friendships with each other and about having adults in school who are always kind and supportive.”
- “This helps pupils feel safe and settled.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, some skills that pupils need, such as handwriting and setting out mathematics and science tasks independently, are not supported effectively enough.”
- “This compromises the quality of some pupils' work, especially in key stage 2.”
- “However, persistent absence for disadvantaged pupils remains above the national average.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 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) | 66% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Ivy Bank Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ash Grove Academy 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery 1.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whirley Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkroyal Community School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hollinhey Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published