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St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School

Voluntary controlled school in Wilmslow, SK9 5JQ, taking ages 4 to 11, 72 on roll.

Good Ofsted, May 2023
0.22 mi Admitted from, 2025/26, about 351 metres
54% Full
62.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.22 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.22 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School: 0.22 miles, 2025/26 Gorsey Bank Primary School: 0.47 miles, 2025/26, published by Cheshire East

This is not a catchment area. 0.22 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Cheshire East. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Cheshire East, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School and Gorsey Bank Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Gorsey Bank Primary School admitted from 0.47 miles in 2025/26, published by Cheshire East. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.22 and 0.47 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Cheshire East, 14 of 39 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (35.9%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Ashdene Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.43 mi 2025/26 0.3 mi
Gorsey Bank Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.47 mi 2025/26 0.5 mi
Lindow Community Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.1 mi 2025/26 0.9 mi
Alderley Edge Community Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.59 mi 2025/26 1.2 mi
Lacey Green Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 0.92 mi 2025/26 1.2 mi
Styal Primary School Both in reach Primary 3.5 mi 2025/26 1.9 mi

The distance as a picture

St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School catchment area map: the 0.22 mile admission distance, 2025/26
Drawn to scale from the published figure. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterChurch of England
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 72 pupils in 133 places (54% full)
Local authorityCheshire East

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 24 May 2023
Meeting the expected standard 62.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 62.0%
2023/24 72.0%
2022/23 40.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School

Girls and boys47.2% girls, 52.8% boys
English as an additional language15.3% of pupils
Free school meals11.1% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Birch Avenue, 116 yd away, with 0.9 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:35, last 19:34.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Birch Avenue116 yd0.90.20.088
Shops135 yd0.90.20.088
Shops147 yd0.90.20.088

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School?

St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 0.22 miles away, per Cheshire East.

How close do I need to live to get a place at St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.22 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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