Shavington Primary School

How places are decided at Shavington Primary School

Shavington Primary School: key facts

How many pupils attend Shavington Primary School?

Shavington Primary School has 477 pupils on roll.

What ages does Shavington Primary School take?

Shavington Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Shavington Primary School located?

Shavington Primary School is located in Crewe, CW2 5BP, Cheshire East.

How do I apply to Shavington Primary School?

Shavington Primary School 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 Shavington Primary School?

On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at Shavington Primary School was 0.777 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 Shavington Primary School?

When Shavington Primary School 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 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 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 individuals to be a child's special guardian(s). This includes children who appear to (in the view of Cheshire East) have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Siblings — Pupils with brothers or sisters, step-brothers or step-sisters, foster brothers or sisters, half-brothers or half-sisters, adopted brothers or adopted sisters living together as part of one household (for the majority of the school week) already attending the preferred school (in years Reception to Year 5) 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 catch area of the school — Children will be classed within this criterion if they and their parent(s) are resident within the area served by the school, and 1 further criteria. Tie-break: Where there are a limited number of places and we cannot differentiate between the applications using the distance criterion, a random allocation tie-breaker will be applied.

What is the largest ethnic background at Shavington Primary School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 86.6% of pupils at Shavington Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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