St John's CofE Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Sandbach, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.71 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John's CofE Academy is a primary school in Sandbach, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St John's CofE 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 | 4.71 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 4.71 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- Its Reception last distance has swung sharply between years, with the biggest move coming from 2024 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 16 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 10th lowest of 121 Cheshire East primary schools.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 18.8% of pupils, 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
- Heath Road, Sandbach, CW11 2LE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 154 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 12 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 12 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.
- Offley Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandbach Primary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wheelock Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Elworth Hall Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Elworth CofE Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brereton CofE Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Smallwood CofE Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pikemere School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published