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Schools in Cheshire East, North West (2025)

155 schools · 58,391 students · 103 academy, 44 local authority, 8 independent · median Pupils on roll 239.

Cheshire East, in North West, has 155 schools in England's 2025 data, together educating about 58,391 students. By level there are 128 primary, 24 secondary, 3 all-through; by sector 103 academy, 44 local authority, 8 independent.

The median Pupils on roll across Cheshire East's schools is 239, above the North West median of 237. Number of pupils in the latest school census.

143 of the 155 schools qualify for the Success Index (England). The highest-scoring is Ashdene Primary School (98.2, top 5% of primary schools nationally), followed by Lower Park School (97.4, top 5% of primary schools nationally), and Gorsey Bank Primary School (94.1, top 5% of primary schools nationally). 13 schools sit in the top 10% of England for their type. Scores are percentiles within school type, so compare a primary school with other primary schools.

The largest schools are Wilmslow High School (2,227 students), Sandbach School (1,534 students), The Fallibroome Academy (1,532 students). 2 schools are single-sex.

Schools are spread across 22 towns, with the most in Macclesfield (34), Crewe (31), Nantwich (16), Wilmslow (12).

Best primary schools in Cheshire EastBest secondary schools in Cheshire EastBest state schools in Cheshire EastBest academies & free schools in Cheshire EastSecondary Schools by Attainment 8 in Cheshire EastPrimary Schools by KS2 Results in Cheshire EastSixth Forms by A Level Results in Cheshire EastLargest Schools in Cheshire East

Top 60 schools in Cheshire East

Ordered by Success Index (England). Rank positions shown on each profile are within England and North West. The remaining 83 ranked schools are listed below the table.

  1. 1
    98
    Ashdene Primary SchoolWilmslow · Local authority Primary89% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 422 students
  2. 2
    97
    Lower Park SchoolStockport · Academy Primary– · 272 students
  3. 3
    94
    Gorsey Bank Primary SchoolWilmslow · Academy Primary88% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 422 students
  4. 4
    93
    Bexton Primary SchoolKnutsford · Academy Primary82% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 500 students
  5. 5
    93
    Prestbury CofE Primary SchoolMacclesfield · Local authority Primary80% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 322 students
  6. 6
    92
    Calveley Primary AcademyCalveley · Academy Primary88% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 118 students
  7. 7
    91
    Lostock Hall Primary SchoolStockport · Academy Primary89% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 197 students
  8. 8
    89
    Goostrey Community Primary SchoolNear Crewe · Local authority Primary86% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 197 students
  9. 9
    88
    Lindow Community Primary SchoolWilmslow · Local authority Primary88% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 152 students
  10. 10
    88
    Acton Church of England Primary AcademyNantwich · Academy Primary84% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 195 students
  11. 11
    86
    Wincle CofE Primary SchoolMacclesfield · Local authority Primary91% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 64 students
  12. 12
    86
    Lacey Green Primary AcademyWilmslow · Academy Primary79% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 424 students
  13. 13
    85
    Vernon Primary SchoolPoynton · Local authority Primary77% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 394 students
  14. 14
    83
    Shavington Primary SchoolCrewe · Academy Primary83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 477 students
  15. 15
    82
    Mobberley CofE Primary SchoolKnutsford · Local authority Primary75% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 193 students
  16. 16
    82
    Excalibur Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · Academy Primary84% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 242 students
  17. 17
    82
    Dean Valley Community Primary SchoolMacclesfield · Local authority Primary73% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 199 students
  18. 18
    81
    Knutsford AcademyKnutsford · Academy Secondary54.9 Attainment 8 · 1,429 students
  19. 19
    81
    Rainow Primary SchoolMacclesfield · Local authority Primary75% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 194 students
  20. 20
    81
    Egerton Primary SchoolKnutsford · Academy Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 225 students
  21. 21
    80
    Sandbach High School and Sixth Form CollegeSandbach · Academy Secondary55.6 Attainment 8 · 1,340 students
  22. 22
    80
    The Fallibroome AcademyMacclesfield · Academy Secondary53.4 Attainment 8 · 1,532 students
  23. 23
    78
    Handforth Grange Primary SchoolWilmslow · Academy Primary74% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 340 students
  24. 24
    78
    Haslington Primary AcademyCrewe · Academy Primary75% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 314 students
  25. 25
    77
    Alsager SchoolStoke-on-Trent · Academy Secondary51.9 Attainment 8 · 1,528 students
  26. 26
    77
    Peover Superior Endowed Primary SchoolKnutsford · Academy Primary77% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 95 students
  27. 27
    77
    Poynton High SchoolStockport · Academy Secondary53.0 Attainment 8 · 1,467 students
  28. 28
    76
    Rode Heath Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · Local authority Primary84% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 245 students
  29. 29
    75
    Nether Alderley Primary SchoolMacclesfield · Academy Primary75% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 89 students
  30. 30
    75
    Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary SchoolTarporley · Academy Primary73% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 200 students
  31. 31
    74
    Wistaston Church Lane AcademyCrewe · Academy Primary70% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 416 students
  32. 32
    74
    Wilmslow High SchoolWilmslow · Local authority Secondary51.4 Attainment 8 · 2,227 students
  33. 33
    73
    Brine Leas SchoolNantwich · Academy Secondary49.7 Attainment 8 · 1,417 students
  34. 34
    72
    The Berkeley AcademyCrewe · Academy Primary80% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 456 students
  35. 35
    72
    All Hallows Catholic CollegeMacclesfield · Academy Secondary49.6 Attainment 8 · 1,216 students
  36. 36
    72
    Weston Village Primary SchoolCrewe · Academy Primary78% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 224 students
  37. 37
    71
    Disley Primary SchoolStockport · Academy Primary75% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 285 students
  38. 38
    71
    Elworth CofE Primary SchoolSandbach · Local authority Primary73% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 413 students
  39. 39
    71
    Tytherington SchoolMacclesfield · Academy Secondary50.1 Attainment 8 · 1,421 students
  40. 40
    70
    Offley Primary AcademySandbach · Academy Primary75% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 454 students
  41. 41
    69
    Pikemere SchoolAlsager · Academy Primary77% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 254 students
  42. 42
    68
    Whirley Primary SchoolMacclesfield · Academy Primary65% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 212 students
  43. 43
    68
    Sound and District Primary SchoolNantwich · Local authority Primary74% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 138 students
  44. 44
    68
    Marlborough Primary SchoolMacclesfield · Academy Primary73% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 405 students
  45. 45
    67
    Millfields Primary AcademyNantwich · Academy Primary71% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 229 students
  46. 46
    67
    Mottram St Andrew Primary AcademyMacclesfield · Academy Primary69% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 193 students
  47. 47
    66
    Sandbach SchoolSandbach · Academy Secondary48.2 Attainment 8 · 1,534 students
  48. 48
    66
    Shavington AcademyShavington · Academy Secondary47.8 Attainment 8 · 934 students
  49. 49
    66
    St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyMiddlewich · Academy Primary– · 169 students
  50. 50
    66
    The Quinta Primary SchoolCongleton · Academy Primary65% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 491 students
  51. 51
    66
    St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolCrewe · Academy Secondary47.7 Attainment 8 · 642 students
  52. 52
    65
    Pear Tree Primary SchoolNANTWICH · Academy Primary75% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 214 students
  53. 53
    64
    St Gabriel's Catholic Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · Local authority Primary67% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 239 students
  54. 54
    64
    Highfields AcademyNantwich · Academy Primary69% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 247 students
  55. 55
    64
    Chelford CofE Primary SchoolMacclesfield · Local authority Primary83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 81 students
  56. 56
    62
    Puss Bank School and NurseryMacclesfield · Academy Primary69% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 409 students
  57. 57
    62
    Bridgemere CofE Primary SchoolNantwich · Local authority Primary83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 94 students
  58. 58
    61
    Audlem St James' CofE Primary SchoolCrewe · Academy Primary70% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 173 students
  59. 59
    61
    Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolCrewe · Academy Secondary48.2 Attainment 8 · 1,311 students
  60. 60
    61
    Brierley Primary SchoolCrewe · Local authority Primary76% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 223 students

More ranked schools in Cheshire East

Ranked 61 to 143 by Success Index (England).

  1. 61.Hermitage Primary School60.9
  2. 62.Adlington Primary School60.4
  3. 63.Mossley CofE Primary School60.0
  4. 64.The Dingle Primary School59.6
  5. 65.St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School59.5
  6. 66.Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School59.4
  7. 67.Malbank School and Sixth Form College58.2
  8. 68.Wistaston Academy57.0
  9. 69.Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School56.6
  10. 70.Scholar Green Primary School56.4
  11. 71.Styal Primary School55.7
  12. 72.High Legh Primary School55.6
  13. 73.Congleton High School55.3
  14. 74.Eaton Bank Academy55.2
  15. 75.St John's CofE Academy54.7
  16. 76.Middlewich Primary School54.0
  17. 77.Holmes Chapel Primary School53.7
  18. 78.Worth Primary School53.6
  19. 79.Monks Coppenhall Academy53.2
  20. 80.Black Firs Primary School52.3
  21. 81.Manor Park Primary School and Nursery52.3
  22. 82.Weaver Primary School51.1
  23. 83.Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School50.8
  24. 84.Cranberry Academy50.4
  25. 85.Gawsworth Primary School50.3
  26. 86.Marton and District CofE Aided Primary School50.2
  27. 87.St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy50.1
  28. 88.Bollington Cross CofE Primary School49.8
  29. 89.St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School49.6
  30. 90.St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield48.4
  31. 91.Bollington St John's CofE Primary School48.3
  32. 92.Alsager Highfields Community Primary School47.9
  33. 93.Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary School47.4
  34. 94.Leighton Academy47.4
  35. 95.Nantwich Primary Academy47.2
  36. 96.St Anne's Catholic Primary School47.1
  37. 97.The Wilmslow Academy46.6
  38. 98.Sandbach Primary Academy46.0
  39. 99.Ivy Bank Primary School43.4
  40. 100.Parkroyal Community School43.4
  41. 101.St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy42.1
  42. 102.Upton Priory School40.5
  43. 103.Brereton CofE Primary School40.2
  44. 104.Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy40.2
  45. 105.Buglawton Primary School40.0
  46. 106.The Macclesfield Academy39.8
  47. 107.Wheelock Primary School39.3
  48. 108.Middlewich High School38.3
  49. 109.Havannah Primary School37.6
  50. 110.Willaston Primary Academy36.8
  51. 111.Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy34.9
  52. 112.Smallwood CofE Primary School34.6
  53. 113.Pebble Brook Primary School34.4
  54. 114.Hungerford Primary Academy33.0
  55. 115.Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School32.4
  56. 116.Ash Grove Academy32.3
  57. 117.Elworth Hall Primary School32.0
  58. 118.Edleston Primary School31.6
  59. 119.Hollinhey Primary School31.0
  60. 120.Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School30.2
  61. 121.Mablins Lane Community Primary School29.6
  62. 122.Wrenbury Primary School29.4
  63. 123.Warmingham CofE Primary School26.6
  64. 124.St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe26.0
  65. 125.Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School25.7
  66. 126.Beech Hall School24.6
  67. 127.Daven Primary School24.3
  68. 128.Ruskin Community High School24.1
  69. 129.St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy23.3
  70. 130.The King's School In Macclesfield23.0
  71. 131.Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School19.8
  72. 132.Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary School19.4
  73. 133.Vine Tree Primary School17.8
  74. 134.Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery16.7
  75. 135.The Oaks Academy14.3
  76. 136.Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery14.1
  77. 137.Crewe Engineering and Design UTC13.6
  78. 138.Beechwood Primary School and Nursery13.0
  79. 139.St Michael's Community Academy11.3
  80. 140.Sir William Stanier School10.4
  81. 141.Little Bollington CofE Primary School10.1
  82. 142.Underwood West Academy7.8
  83. 143.Marlfields Primary School7.6

Other schools in Cheshire East

Schools without a rank: fewer than 60 students, no published Pupils on roll, or a school type that is not scored.

26.2

Cheshire Studio School

Crewe · Academy secondary · Ages 14–19

0 students

23.6

Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School

Macclesfield · Local authority primary · Ages 4–11

26 students

20.7

Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School

Macclesfield · Academy primary · Ages 3–11

53 students

–

Alderley Edge Community Primary School

Alderley Edge · Academy primary · Ages 4–11

–

Cornerstone Academy

Cheshire · Independent primary · Ages 5–11

16 students

–

Kingsbourne Academy

Nantwich · Academy primary · Ages 4–11

–

Pownall Hall School

Wilmslow · Independent primary · Ages 0–11

314 students

–

St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School

Knutsford · Academy primary · Ages 4–11

–

Terra Nova School

Crewe · Independent all-through · Ages 2–13

219 students

–

The Lodge AP

Sandbach · Independent secondary · Ages 13–18

16 students

–

The Ryleys School

Alderley Edge · Independent primary · Ages 1–11

243 students

–

Wilmslow Preparatory School

Wilmslow · Independent primary · Ages 3–11

118 students

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best school in Cheshire East?

Ashdene Primary School is the highest-ranked school in Cheshire East with a Success Index (England) of 98.2 out of 100 (Top 5% of primary schools in England).

How many schools are in Cheshire East?

Cheshire East has 155 schools (128 primary, 24 secondary, 3 all-through) educating 58,391 students in 2025.

What is the typical Pupils on roll in Cheshire East?

The median Pupils on roll across schools in Cheshire East is 239. Number of pupils in the latest school census.