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Wheelock Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Crewe Road, Sandbach CW11 4PY · wheelockprimary.co.uk · 01270 845911
On the mapSearch near CW11 4PY
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 58%
- 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
- 394
- 49 over 345 places · 114%
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- First language not English
- 4.3%
- 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, 38 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 38 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 82% |
Results
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ▼58% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111036)
Ofsted
Wheelock Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 23 Jan 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Nov 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (126 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Replies
- 126
- 36% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (17%) with SEND