Little Bollington CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Altrincham, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Little Bollington CofE Primary School is a primary school in Altrincham, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Little Bollington CofE 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility is 29.3% of pupils; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East is 8.6%.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 5 first-choice applications for 4 offers; 4 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (20%) was not offered a place.
- Of the 9 Reception applications in 2026, 8 (89%) came from families living outside Cheshire East, and 4 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 9% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 0% 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
- Lymm Road, Little Bollington, Altrincham, WA14 4SZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 75 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their time at this small and friendly school.”
- “They like the fact that everyone knows each other and that the differences between them and other pupils are accepted and celebrated.”
- “Pupils value the help they receive from staff, who care about them.”
To improve
- “However, while they achieve well in some subjects, they are less able to remember some of what they learn in other subjects.”
- “Some pupils have not had enough time to benefit from its ambitious subject content.”
- “However, this is not true for some other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 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) | 9% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 4 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.
- High Legh Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Egerton Primary School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Park Primary School and Nursery 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School 5.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mobberley CofE Primary School 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bexton Primary School 5.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Styal Primary School 7.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gorsey Bank Primary School 7.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published