- What did Ofsted judge Offley Primary Academy's quality of education to be?
- Ofsted judged Offley Primary Academy's quality of education as Good at its inspection in October 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
- How many pupils attend Offley Primary Academy?
- Offley Primary Academy has 454 pupils on roll.
- What ages does Offley Primary Academy take?
- Offley Primary Academy admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
- Where is Offley Primary Academy located?
- Offley Primary Academy is located in Sandbach, CW11 1GY, Cheshire East.
- How do I apply to Offley Primary Academy?
- Offley Primary Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
- How close do you need to live to get into Offley Primary Academy?
- On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at Offley Primary Academy was 0.637 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.
- How are Reception places decided at Offley Primary Academy?
- When Offley Primary Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. ‘Cared for and previously Cared for Children’ - A ‘cared for child’ is a child who is in the care of a local authority o — ‘Cared for and previously Cared for Children’ - A ‘cared for child’ is a child who is in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by that local authority (as defined in section 22 of the Children Act 1989). Children previously ‘cared for’ are children who were ‘cared for’ as defined above, but immediately after being ‘cared for’ became subject to an adoption, child arrangements order (formerly residence order), or special guardianship order. A child arrangements order is as an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 amended by Children and Families Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individu als to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians). This includes children who appear to (in the view of Cheshire East) have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Siblings - Pupils with elder brothers or sisters — Siblings - Pupils with elder brothers or sisters, step -brothers or step -sisters, half -brothers or half -sisters, adopted brothers or adopted sisters living together as part of one household, already attending Offley Primary Academy (in years Reception through to Year 6) and expected to continue at the school in the following school year. (i.e. at the time of admission); 3. Children resident within the designated catchment zone of the school - Where parents have shared responsibility for a ch — Children resident within the designated catchment zone of the school - Where parents have shared responsibility for a child, the place of residency will be determined as the address where the child lives for the majority of the week. (e.g. where the child wakes up between Monday to Friday) The Local Authority may request full details to be submitted in writing to enable the Local Authority to determine which address will be used for the purpose of admission. A panel of officers will consider the information provided. Examples of other evidence and information that may be consi dered: • Details of how the child splits their time between the two addresses. • Court orders or other legal documents. • Where Child Benefit is claimed. • Where the child is registered for GP purposes. • The address the current nursery/pre -school or Primary school have on their records. Where both parents have parental responsibility, the local authority is unable to resolve or take sides in disputes. Instead, parents are required to resolve matters between themselves, and, where this is not possible, seek a resolution through the courts, and 1 further criteria.
- What is the largest ethnic background at Offley Primary Academy?
- According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 89.2% of pupils at Offley Primary Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.