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Bridgemere CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school in Nantwich, CW5 7PX, taking ages 3 to 11, 94 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Apr 2024
6.93 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
90% Full
83.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 6.93 miles away.

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

The circle is 6.93 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Bridgemere CofE Primary School: 6.93 miles, 2025/26 Betley CofE VC Primary School: 1.5 miles, published by Staffordshire

This is not a catchment area. 6.93 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 Bridgemere CofE 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 labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

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 Bridgemere CofE Primary School and Betley CofE VC Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Betley CofE VC Primary School admitted from 1.5 miles in the latest published year, published by Staffordshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 6.93 and 1.5 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 Bridgemere CofE Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School Both in reach Primary 10.95 mi 2025/26 2.6 mi
Betley CofE VC Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.5 mi 2.8 mi

The distance as a picture

Bridgemere CofE Primary School catchment area map: the 6.93 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. 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 94 pupils in 105 places (90% full)
Local authorityCheshire East

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 24 April 2024. Ungraded inspection, April 2024: school remains Good
Meeting the expected standard 83.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 83.0%
2023/24 89.0%
2022/23 75.0%

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

Who goes to Bridgemere CofE Primary School

Girls and boys43.6% girls, 56.4% boys
English as an additional language0.0% of pupils
Free school meals17.0% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Bridgemere CofE Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 6.93 miles: CW98, median £105,000. Dearest: CW5, £235,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
CW98 Cheshire East 5.5 mi £105,000 40 sales
CW1 Cheshire East 6.6 mi £128,000 98 sales
CW2 Cheshire East 5.0 mi £228,000 100 sales
CW5 Cheshire East 5.7 mi £235,000 100 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 6.93 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Bridgemere CofE Primary School by bus

No bus stop with a scheduled departure within 600 m of the school, in the timetables operators have published to the Bus Open Data Service.

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Bridgemere CofE Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around CW5: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at CW5 7PX, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

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 Bridgemere CofE Primary School?

Bridgemere CofE 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 6.93 miles away, per Cheshire East.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Bridgemere CofE Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 6.93 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 Bridgemere CofE 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.

Every Cheshire East school's distance

All Cheshire East schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

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Admission distance published by Cheshire East. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.