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Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School

Primary · Macclesfield · SK10 5RT

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 30 June 2026. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.

Safeguarding: Not metCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Urgent improvementPersonal development: Needs attentionInclusion: Urgent improvementLeadership & governance: Urgent improvementEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 4 October 2026

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At a glance

26 pupils · 62% of 42 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
19.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
30% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
20% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.pottshrigleycs.co.uk
URN
111462

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 3 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 17.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2021 entry)

Criterion 6
4.134 miles

2021 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
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 school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers34%
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
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolChelmsford · 160 miles awayGood69%
Cosgrove Village Primary SchoolCosgrove · 100 miles awayNo current grade44%
Gedney Drove End Primary SchoolSpalding · 99 miles awayGood33%
South Stoke Primary SchoolOxfordshire · 128 miles awayNeeds attention17%
The New Leake Primary SchoolBoston · 91 miles awayGood (2019)14%
Summerseat Methodist Primary SchoolBury · 24 miles awayGood31%
Soudley SchoolCinderford · 106 miles awayExpected standard50%
Goodnestone Church of England Primary SchoolCanterbury · 200 miles awayGood33%
Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBridport · 178 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Frosterley Primary SchoolBishop Auckland · 98 miles awayGood71%
Christ The King Catholic School, AmesburyAmesbury · 148 miles awayNeeds attention25%
Clandon CofE Aided Primary SchoolGuildford · 157 miles awayGood35%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 81% (Cheshire East 79%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Cheshire East 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Cheshire East 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 4% (Cheshire East 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Cheshire East 5%, England 7%) · White Irish 4% (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)
17.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
35.7%
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
7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,725; 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£18,898
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£174,838; in-year balance -£77,861

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.7%62.3%
Social housing5%17.1%
Privately rented10.3%20.5%
Detached houses53.2%22.9%
Flats3.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018669 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£680,00011 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£544,500–£912,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£732,500

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

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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a 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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