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Calveley Primary Academy

Primary · CW6 9LE

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 February 2025

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At a glance

118 pupils · 112% of 105 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
13.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.calveleyacademy.org.uk
URN
143157

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.20 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 25 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.20 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 3
4.804 miles

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
88%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
44%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
114
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
112
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 school88%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
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
Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury · 148 miles awayExpected standard79%
Crosthwaite CofE SchoolKendal · 83 miles awayOutstanding80%
Seascale Primary SchoolSeascale · 95 miles awayGood55%
Sherborne St John Church of England Primary SchoolBasingstoke · 141 miles awayExpected standard71%
Appleshaw St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAndover · 137 miles awayGood75%
Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary SchoolExeter · 172 miles awayGood75%
Shrewton CofE Primary SchoolSalisbury · 136 miles awayGood77%
The Kirkby-la-Thorpe Church of England Primary SchoolSleaford · 93 miles awayGood53%
Astley CofE Primary SchoolStourport-on-Severn · 57 miles awayExpected standard50%
Abbotts Ann Church of England Primary SchoolAndover · 141 miles awayGood71%
Heworth Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 85 miles awayGood37%
Barns Green Primary SchoolHorsham · 172 miles awayGood89%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Cheshire East 79%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Cheshire East 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Cheshire East 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Cheshire East 5%, England 7%)

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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.9%
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
14.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

10% of teachers took sickness absence, 3 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 £36,125; 0% 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,151
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £100,000; in-year balance +£20,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.1%62.3%
Social housing10.8%17.1%
Privately rented9.1%20.5%
Detached houses52.3%22.9%
Flats1.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms47%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018458 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£420,00025 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£290,000–£540,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£440,000
Semi-detached (9)£312,500
Terraced (5)£250,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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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