Egerton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Knutsford, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.771 miles
Criterion 4 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Egerton Primary School is a primary school in Knutsford, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Egerton 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 | 0.771 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 Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 0.771 miles, for children admitted under one of its admission criteria; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Its Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2024 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 30 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Bexton Road, Egerton Primary School, Knutsford, WA16 0EE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 225 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 January 2023
Strengths
- “Warm, respectful relationships are at the heart of Egerton Primary School.”
- “Pupils are nurtured and thrive during their time at this school.”
- “They are proud to be members of their school community.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers’ checks are not clearly focused on the key knowledge pupils need to support their future learning.”
- “This leads to gaps in their learning and prevents pupils from achieving all they could.”
- “However, some of the books that pupils read do not match the sounds that they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 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) | 87% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 20 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.
- Bexton Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manor Park Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Mobberley CofE Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Peover Superior Endowed Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Chelford CofE Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- High Legh Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lindow Community Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published