Handforth Grange Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wilmslow, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.706 miles
Criterion 4 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Handforth Grange Primary School is a primary school in Wilmslow, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 30 January 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Handforth Grange 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 | 0.706 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
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 30 January 2024; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East, 6 are Good, 1 is Outstanding and 1 has no current grade.
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child 0.706 miles away under one of its admission criteria, nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 drew 46 first-choice applications for 44 offers; 42 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% 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
- Ullswater Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, SK9 3NG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 340 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 30 January 2024
Strengths
- “Handforth Grange is an inspiring place to learn.”
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, enjoy an array of exciting and diverse opportunities for their personal growth.”
- “The school’s provision for personal development builds pupils’ character and prepares them very well for life in modern Britain.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 March 2024 (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) | 74% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 42 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. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lacey Green Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Styal Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Wilmslow Academy 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Gorsey Bank Primary School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashdene Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lindow Community Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published