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Handforth Grange Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Ullswater Road, Handforth, Wilmslow SK9 3NG · handforthgrange.com · 01625 526566
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cheshire East 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.71 mi
- 1.14 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 4 · Cheshire East Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 340
- 25 over 315 places · 108%
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.5%
- First language not English
- 13.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 4” went to a home 0.71 mi (1.14 km) from the school. Source: Cheshire East Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 46 families put the school first and 44 places were offered; 91% 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 | 44 | 46 | 1▲ | 91% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 49 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 51 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 56 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 55 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 4 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.71 mi1.14 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111014)
Ofsted
Handforth Grange Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 30 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 30 Jan 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111014), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111014)
Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111014)
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (90 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 90
- 26% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (21%) with SEND