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

Macclesfield has 36 state schools: 29 primary, 4 secondary, part of Cheshire East's wider catchment. 28 have a published Ofsted rating, and 21 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Average score
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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.

Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery Good · ×0.8 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) 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) Upton Priory 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.

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 Hollinhey Primary School Macclesfield · Good Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery Macclesfield · Good Ivy Bank Primary School Macclesfield · Good Marlborough Primary School Macclesfield · Good Marton and District CofE Aided Primary School Macclesfield · Good Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy Macclesfield Nether Alderley Primary School Macclesfield Park Lane School Macclesfield · Good Parkroyal Community School Macclesfield Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School Macclesfield · Good Prestbury CofE Primary School Macclesfield · Good Puss Bank School and Nursery Macclesfield 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 Upton Priory School Macclesfield · Good Whirley Primary School Macclesfield · Good Wincle CofE Primary School Macclesfield · Good

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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