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Rushton CofE First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Academy
Sugar Street, Macclesfield SK11 0SG · rps.ttlt.org.uk · 01260 226303
On the mapSearch near SK11 0SG
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Last distance offered
- 4.68 mi
- 7.53 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Staffordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 47
- 12 over 35 places · 134%
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 2.1%
- 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 on distance went to a home 4.68 mi (7.53 km) from the school. Source: Staffordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 11 families put the school first and 11 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 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 14 | 15 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 4.68 mi7.53 km | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Rushton CofE First School on 13 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 13 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124272), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124272)
Oct 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124272)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 22
- 50% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 5% who had a child bullied