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Whirley Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Whirley Road, Broken Cross, Macclesfield SK10 3JL · whirley.ht.school · 01625 783815
On the mapSearch near SK10 3JL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 65%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cheshire East 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.41 mi
- 0.65 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 4 · Cheshire East Council
- Demand for places
- 1.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 212
- 2 over 210 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 4.7%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Halliard Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 4” went to a home 0.41 mi (653 m) from the school. Source: Cheshire East Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 51 families put the school first and 31 places were offered; 61% 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 | 31 | 51 | 1.6▲ | 61% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 37 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 44 | 1.5▲ | 68% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 4 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.41 mi0.65 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▲65% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Whirley Primary School on 23 June 2026 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: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 23 Jun 2026
- 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 | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jul 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jul 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 48
- 23% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied