- What did Ofsted judge Wheelock Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?
- Ofsted judged Wheelock Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
- How many pupils attend Wheelock Primary School?
- Wheelock Primary School has 394 pupils on roll.
- What are Wheelock Primary School’s exam results?
- In 2024-25, 58% of pupils at the end of primary school (key stage 2) reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.
- What ages does Wheelock Primary School take?
- Wheelock Primary School admits pupils aged 4 to 11.
- Where is Wheelock Primary School located?
- Wheelock Primary School is located in Sandbach, CW11 4PY, Cheshire East.
- How do I apply to Wheelock Primary School?
- Wheelock 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 Wheelock Primary School?
- Distance did not decide places at Wheelock Primary School for 2026-27 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
- How are Reception places decided at Wheelock Primary School?
- When Wheelock Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. ‘Cared for children’ and children who were ‘Previously cared for’ — ‘Cared for children’ and children who were ‘Previously cared for’. Children previously ‘cared for’ are children who were ‘cared for ’, 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 individuals to be a child’s specia l 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 brothers or sisters — Siblings - pupils with brothers or sisters, step -brothers or step -sisters, foster brother or sisters, half - brother or half -sisters, adopted brothers or adopted sisters living together as part of one household, already attending the preferred academy (in years recept ion through to year 6) and expected to continue at the academy in the following academy year (i.e. at the time of admission); 3. Children resident within the designated catchment area of the academy – children will be classed within this criterion i — Children resident within the designated catchment area of the academy – children will be classed within this criterion if they and their parents/carers are resident within the area served by the academy, and 1 further criteria.
- What is the largest ethnic background at Wheelock Primary School?
- According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 89.8% of pupils at Wheelock Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.