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Sound and District Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Whitchurch Road, Sound, Nantwich CW5 8AE · soundprimary.co.uk · 01270 780270
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cheshire East 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Cheshire East Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 138
- 5 over 133 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8%
- First language not English
- 1.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Cheshire East Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 12 families put the school first and 17 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 17 | 12 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 21 | 22 | 1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Cheshire East it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Sound and District Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Dec 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 53
- 38% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (19%) with SEND