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Warmingham CofE Primary School

Primary · Sandbach · CW11 3QN

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 26 September 2023

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At a glance

74 pupils · 106% of 70 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
25.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.warminghamce.cheshire.sch.uk/
URN
143872

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 26 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 11 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 7
1.95 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
33%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
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 school33%
Median of its 12 closest peers55.5%
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
Fen Drayton Primary SchoolCambridge · 116 miles awayGood58%
Scampton Church of England Primary SchoolLincoln · 78 miles awayExpected standard55%
John Keble Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester · 154 miles awayGood66%
Swinderby All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolLincoln · 72 miles awayGood67%
Polebrook Church of England Primary SchoolPeterborough · 96 miles awayGood56%
Burley Primary SchoolRingwood · 164 miles awayGood50%
Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary SchoolKettleshulme. High Peak · 20 miles awayGood (2019)44%
Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary SchoolKidlington · 105 miles awayGood50%
Burghclere Primary SchoolNewbury · 133 miles awayGood90%
Copper Valley Junior AcademyGunnislake · 197 miles awayGood43%
Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolCottingham · 91 miles awayExpected standard64%
Salterlee Primary SchoolHalifax · 47 miles awayGood42%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 99% (Cheshire East 79%, England 60%) · Not recorded 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 1%)

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)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.32 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
14.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

68% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 32% 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)

0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £54,697; 28.6% 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

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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health60.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86%62.3%
Social housing3.4%17.1%
Privately rented10.6%20.5%
Detached houses53.9%22.9%
Flats1.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms43.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van2.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034674 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£550,00011 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£427,500–£610,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£620,000

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

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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