St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Wilmslow, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.931 miles
Criterion 4 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Wilmslow, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 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 | 2.931 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, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 2.931 miles away, nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 20 offers. Every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of pupils here, 24.3% are eligible for free school meals. The middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East is 11.1%.
- There are 18.5 pupils per teacher. The middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East is 21.3.
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
- Hall Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, SK9 3AE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 18 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.
- Handforth Grange Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Wilmslow Academy 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Lacey Green Primary Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Styal Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gorsey Bank Primary School 2.1 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
- Lostock Hall Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published