Sandiway Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sandiway Primary School is a primary school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Sandiway 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Not judged (28 January 2025); the previous graded outcome, on 25 January 2023, was Requires improvement.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, with 24 first-choice applications for 29 offers; places ran out in 6 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- There are 26.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire West and Chester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Weaverham Road, Sandiway, Northwich, CW8 2ND
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love attending this warm, welcoming school.”
- “They arrive happily every day, excited and curious about their learning.”
- “Pupils appreciate how staff help and guide them.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, pupils have gaps in key prior knowledge and vocabulary.”
- “This is due to weaknesses in the design and delivery of the previous curriculum.”
- “In these subjects, some pupils do not have a firm foundation on which to build new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2025 (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) | 68% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 24 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 West and Chester.
- Cuddington Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Weaverham 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Weaverham Forest Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Weaverham Primary Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitegate CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hartford Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Norley Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery 2.5 mi Good Last distance published