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Styal Primary School

Primary · Wilmslow · SK9 4JE

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 9 November 2023

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At a glance

100 pupils · 84% of 119 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.styal.cheshire.sch.uk
URN
111009

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 0.67 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1.424 miles; distance decided places in 7 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 9 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.67 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.424 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

16 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers55%
Cheshire East average64.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Street Lane Primary SchoolRipley · 41 miles awayGood77%
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary SchoolBeccles · 174 miles awayExpected standard33%
Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary SchoolMaidstone · 189 miles awayNeeds attention7%
Aston by Sutton Primary SchoolRuncorn · 18 miles awayGood56%
Kingshill Church SchoolNailsea · 134 miles awayGood32%
Storth CofE SchoolMilnthorpe · 64 miles awayExpected standard63%
Woolton Hill Junior SchoolNewbury · 143 miles awayGood76%
Bollington St John's CofE Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 7 miles awayExpected standard54%
Pratts Bottom Primary SchoolOrpington · 171 miles awayGood56%
Burghclere Primary SchoolNewbury · 144 miles awayGood90%
Brookside Primary SchoolStockport · 7 miles awayNeeds attention42%
Blewbury Church of England Primary SchoolDidcot · 130 miles awayGood27%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 73% (Cheshire East 79%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 10% (Cheshire East 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Cheshire East 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Cheshire East 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Cheshire East 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Cheshire East 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Cheshire East 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
27.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cheshire East: 1.28 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 34.07% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,263; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,133
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£49,295; in-year balance -£33,778

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.4%62.3%
Social housing8.8%17.1%
Privately rented15.8%20.5%
Detached houses49%22.9%
Flats13.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms44%21.1%
Households with no car or van8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018651 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£505,00020 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£324,000–£682,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (7)£410,000
Flat (6)£279,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.29 km, 2024 entry): 547 sales, median £388,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
0an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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