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Edleston Primary School

Primary · Crewe · CW2 7PX

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Good (2016)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2016. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 11 May 2016

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At a glance

209 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
29.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
63% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.edleston.cheshire.sch.uk
URN
111170

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.246 miles; distance decided places in 7 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2016. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.246 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
62%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school62%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Cheshire East average64.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
St Thomas Cantilupe CofE AcademyHereford · 72 miles awayExpected standard82%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolDudley · 43 miles awayGood93%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and NurseryLondon · 155 miles awayGood74%
St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyBradford · 57 miles awayGood69%
St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary SchoolLondon · 141 miles awayGood75%
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Junior SchoolLondon · 142 miles awayGood61%
Coley Primary SchoolReading · 129 miles awayGood67%
Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolHereford · 73 miles awayNeeds attention60%
St Joseph's RC Primary School ManchesterManchester · 27 miles awayNo current grade60%
Greenacres Primary AcademyOldham · 35 miles awayStrong standard57%
St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic AcademyHull · 98 miles awayExpected standard48%
Springfield Community Primary SchoolLondon · 145 miles awayOutstanding71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 29% (Cheshire East 5%, England 7%) · White British 29% (Cheshire East 79%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 14% (Cheshire East 1%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 8% (Cheshire East 0%, England 2%) · Black African 7% (Cheshire East 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 4% (Cheshire East 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 3% (Cheshire East 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Cheshire East 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Cheshire East 2%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%

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)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.4%
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
22.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2023 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 64.1%, 8.3 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,871; 18.2% 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£7,605
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 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £33,681; in-year balance -£39,635

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27%18.1%
In managerial or professional work15.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier47.2%62.3%
Social housing4.5%17.1%
Privately rented48.3%20.5%
Detached houses5.6%22.9%
Flats19.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van40.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018497 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£147,000436 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£115,000–£190,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (34)£286,000
Semi-detached (127)£190,000
Terraced (245)£126,000
Flat (30)£88,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.40 km, 2025 entry): 93 sales, median £165,000. 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

Child pedestrian casualties
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
13an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
41an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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