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Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Priest Lane, Mottram St Andrew, Macclesfield SK10 4QL · mottramacademy.org.uk · 01625 917870
On the mapSearch near SK10 4QL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cheshire East 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 3.29 mi
- 5.29 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 6 · Cheshire East Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 193
- 11 over 182 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 7.3%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 6” went to a home 3.29 mi (5.29 km) from the school. Source: Cheshire East Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put the school first and 26 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 26 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 23 | 19 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 26 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3.29 mi5.29 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% 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 | |||
| ▲69% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy on 9 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 9 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jun 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Before September 2019
Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Nov 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Positive
- 83%
- Replies
- 56
- 29% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on 9 parents (16%) whose child was bullied
based on 6 parents (11%) with SEND