St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Middlewich, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.79 miles
Criterion 9 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
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St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Middlewich, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St. Mary'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 | 2.79 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
- In 2026, the last Reception place offered went to a child living 2.79 miles away under one of its admission criteria, about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 drew 22 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and all 21 went to first-choice families; 1 first-choice family (5%) was not offered a place.
- At 1.0 first choices per offer for Reception 2026, it was the 28th highest of 121 Cheshire East primary schools.
- 14.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 10.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
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
- Manor Lane, Middlewich, CW10 9DH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 169 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 22 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Middlewich Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Warmingham CofE Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holmes Chapel Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Elworth CofE Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elworth Hall Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hermitage Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Offley Primary Academy 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published