Puss Bank School and Nursery
Academy converter in Macclesfield, SK10 1QJ, taking ages 2 to 11, 409 on roll.
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 12.2 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Cheshire East school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 12.2 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
Puss Bank School and Nursery: 12.2 miles, 2025/26 Ash Grove Academy: 1.09 miles, 2025/26, published by Cheshire East
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Puss Bank School and Nursery 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 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 Puss Bank School and Nursery and Ash Grove Academy are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Ash Grove Academy admitted from 1.09 miles in 2025/26, published by Cheshire East. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is SK11 at £318,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From Puss Bank School and Nursery | From Ash Grove Academy | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK11 | Cheshire East | 1.7 mi | 0.6 mi | £318,000 179 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.
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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 Puss Bank School and Nursery that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery Both in reach | Primary | 2.0 mi 2025/26 | 0.6 mi |
| Parkroyal Community School Both in reach | Primary | 1.28 mi 2025/26 | 0.9 mi |
| Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.29 mi 2025/26 | 1.1 mi |
| Ash Grove Academy Both in reach | Primary | 1.09 mi 2025/26 | 1.3 mi |
| Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 10.35 mi 2025/26 | 1.3 mi |
| Marlborough Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.85 mi 2025/26 | 1.3 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 409 pupils in 420 places (97% full) |
| Trust | THE ASPIRE EDUCATIONAL TRUST |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Report card, June 2026: 7 at the expected standard |
| Report card |
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| Meeting the expected standard | 69.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 69.0% |
| 2023/24 | 48.0% |
| 2022/23 | 48.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Puss Bank School and Nursery
| Girls and boys | 47.9% girls, 52.1% boys |
| English as an additional language | 13.7% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 19.1% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Puss Bank School and Nursery
Cheapest district inside the 12.2 miles: CW12, median £173,000. Dearest: SK12, £524,500.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CW12 | Cheshire East | 7.7 mi | £173,000 82 sales |
| M90 | Manchester | 9.9 mi | £200,000 9 sales |
| SK9 | Cheshire East | 6.8 mi | £265,000 43 sales |
| SK22 | High Peak | 9.4 mi | £275,000 151 sales |
| SK2 | Stockport | 9.4 mi | £301,000 158 sales |
| SK11 | Cheshire East | 1.7 mi | £318,000 179 sales |
| SK8 | Stockport | 9.2 mi | £325,000 99 sales |
| SK23 | High Peak | 8.2 mi | £332,500 23 sales |
| SK7 | Stockport | 7.6 mi | £360,000 100 sales |
| SK10 | Cheshire East | 1.4 mi | £410,000 119 sales |
| SK12 | Cheshire East | 6.4 mi | £524,500 30 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 12.2 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 Puss Bank School and Nursery by bus
Best-served stop: Holy Trinity Church, 0.4 mi away, with 3.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:33, last 19:06.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Road | 159 yd | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 58 |
| Mount Terrace | 0.1 mi | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 58 |
| Fence Avenue | 0.2 mi | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 58 |
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
Weighing Puss Bank School and Nursery against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around SK10: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at SK10 1QJ, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Puss Bank School and Nursery?
Puss Bank School and Nursery 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 12.2 miles away, per Cheshire East.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Puss Bank School and Nursery?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 12.2 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 Puss Bank School and Nursery guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings 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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