Bexton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Knutsford, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.862 miles
Criterion 4 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bexton Primary School is a primary school in Knutsford, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bexton 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 | 0.862 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
- For Reception 2026, there were 75 first-choice applications for 59 offers: all 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 16 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- At 1.3 first choices per offer for Reception 2026, the school ranked 9th highest of 121 Cheshire East primary schools.
- In 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.862 miles away; that 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 23% 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
- Blackhill Lane, Knutsford, WA16 9DB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 500 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to belong to this vibrant school community.”
- “The warm and positive relationships they build with staff and each other help them to feel happy and safe.”
- “On the rare occasions when bullying occurs, leaders take prompt and sensitive action to address this swiftly.”
To improve
- “However, there are times when teachers do not design learning in a way that helps pupils to learn all that they could.”
- “This hinders some pupils from deepening their understanding.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the checks that teachers make do not accurately identify gaps in key knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 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) | 82% | 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: 75 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.
- Egerton Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manor Park Primary School and Nursery 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Mobberley CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Peover Superior Endowed Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Chelford CofE Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Goostrey Community Primary School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lindow Community Primary School 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published