Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Macclesfield, 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 🔒
Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bosley St Mary's 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 4 of the 122 other Cheshire East primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out in both earlier years with a published outcome, 2024 and 2025, and the last distance swung sharply between those years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 9.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, with 12.9 pupils per teacher; middle figures across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East are 19.3% and 18.7.
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
- Leek Road, Bosley, Macclesfield, SK11 0NX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 53 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and happy in this welcoming school.”
- “They value the nurturing environment provided by the staff.”
- “Many pupils described the staff as wonderful.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not ensured that there is a considered approach to revisiting learning in some subjects.”
- “Consequently, some pupils forget the important knowledge that they need for their future learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 0% | 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, 5 offers in total, 5 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.
- Wincle CofE Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Havannah Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Buglawton Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hollinhey Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gawsworth Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mossley CofE Primary School 3.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Daven Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ash Grove Academy 3.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published