Rushton CofE First School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–9 · Macclesfield, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

4.676 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "4.676" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Rushton CofE First School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Staffordshire for ages 3–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

Rushton CofE First 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	4.676 mi
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.676 miles away, the 5th longest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.27 miles).
The Reception last distance in 2026 was about the same as in 2024.
For Reception 2026, there were 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In Reception 2026, 2 of the 13 applications (15%) came from families living outside Staffordshire, and 1 offer went to them.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Sugar Street, Macclesfield, SK11 0SG
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 47 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 2.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 12.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025

Strengths

“Pupils flourish in many aspects of school life at Rushton CofE First School.”
“The school enables pupils to ‘let your light shine’.”
“It achieves this vision because staff know the pupils very well at this small, nurturing school.”

To improve

“However, the school has not had enough opportunity to check and ensure pupils are learning as well as they could in these subjects.”
“Therefore, the school has not been able to identify any gaps which may exist in pupils’ learning over time.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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 Staffordshire.

Horton St Michael's CofE First School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
Moor First School 3.2 mi Not judged
Oxhey First School 3.9 mi Outstanding
Westwood First School 4.3 mi Good
Kingsfield First School 4.5 mi School remains Good
Woodcroft Academy 4.5 mi School remains Good
Squirrel Hayes First School 4.6 mi School remains Good
St Mary's Catholic Academy 4.6 mi Standards maintained