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37 open schools in Macclesfield, Cheshire East · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Cheshire East schools · grammar schools in Macclesfield

Macclesfield has 37 state schools: 29 primary, 4 secondary, part of Cheshire East's wider catchment. 34 have a published Ofsted rating, and 27 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Adlington Primary School Macclesfield · Not judged All Hallows Catholic College Macclesfield · Not judged Ash Grove Academy Macclesfield · Outstanding Beech Hall School Macclesfield Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School Macclesfield · Good Bollington Cross CofE Primary School Macclesfield · Good Bollington St John's CofE Primary School Macclesfield · Good Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School Macclesfield · Good Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery Macclesfield · Good Chelford CofE Primary School Macclesfield · Good Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School Macclesfield · Not judged Dean Valley Community Primary School Macclesfield · Good Gawsworth Primary School Macclesfield · Good Hollinhey Primary School Macclesfield · Good Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery Macclesfield · Good Ivy Bank Primary School Macclesfield · Good Macclesfield College Macclesfield Marlborough Primary School Macclesfield · Good Marton and District CofE Aided Primary School Macclesfield · Good Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy Macclesfield · Good Nether Alderley Primary School Macclesfield · Good Park Lane School Macclesfield · Good Parkroyal Community School Macclesfield · Good Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School Macclesfield · Good Prestbury CofE Primary School Macclesfield · Good Puss Bank School and Nursery Macclesfield · Good Rainow Primary School Macclesfield · Not judged Rushton CofE First School Macclesfield · Not judged St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Macclesfield · Not judged St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield Macclesfield · Good The Fallibroome Academy Macclesfield · Good The King's School In Macclesfield Macclesfield The Macclesfield Academy Macclesfield · Requires improvement Tytherington School Macclesfield · Good Upton Priory School Macclesfield · Good Whirley Primary School Macclesfield · Good Wincle CofE Primary School Macclesfield · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Nether Alderley Primary School Good · ×0.7 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ivy Bank Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bollington St John's CofE Primary School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Chelford CofE Primary School Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Parkroyal Community School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Marton and District CofE Aided Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Marlborough Primary School Good · ×0.97 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Cheshire East

Primary schools: Catchment area is criterion 3 (after LAC and siblings, before pure distance). (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Macclesfield straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is Cheshire East's, and Staffordshire also has schools here, applying under its own.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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