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Mobberley CofE Primary School

Primary · Knutsford · WA16 7RA

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 22 October 2024

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At a glance

193 pupils · 92% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.mobberley.cheshire.sch.uk
URN
111277

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 2.37 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its inspection on 22 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 27 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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.37 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
21%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school75%
Median of its 12 closest peers73.5%
Cheshire East average64.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
New Scotland Hill Primary SchoolSandhurst · 150 miles awayGood67%
St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolStourbridge · 61 miles awayGood73%
St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary SchoolOldham · 19 miles awayNo current grade87%
Endon Hall Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 19 miles awayExpected standard73%
St Julie's Catholic Primary SchoolSt Helens · 21 miles awayGood77%
Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSettle · 52 miles awayGood43%
Meadowside Primary SchoolGloucester · 103 miles awayRequires improvement45%
Whirley Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 7 miles awayExpected standard65%
Ansdell Primary SchoolLytham St Annes · 41 miles awayGood77%
Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, BuryBury · 21 miles awayGood74%
Thurlbear Church of England Primary SchoolTaunton · 164 miles awayGood76%
Halewood Church of England Primary AcademyLiverpool · 21 miles awayGood83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Cheshire East 79%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Cheshire East 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Cheshire East 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Cheshire East 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 2%) · 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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.5%
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
21.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% moved to another state school

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 2024 census)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,076; 7.7% 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£6,658
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £44,488; in-year balance -£29,544

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier92%62.3%
Social housing0.5%17.1%
Privately rented7.5%20.5%
Detached houses60.1%22.9%
Flats4.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018649 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£402,50036 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£232,000–£567,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£765,000
Terraced (11)£357,500
Flat (10)£230,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.81 km, 2021 entry): 441 sales, median £405,000. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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