Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy
Academy converter in Crewe, CW2 7NH, taking ages 3 to 11, 417 on roll.
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 12.32 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 12.32 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy: 12.32 miles, 2025/26 Wistaston Academy: 0.59 miles, 2025/26, published by Cheshire East
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy 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 Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy and Wistaston Academy are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Wistaston Academy admitted from 0.59 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 12.32 and 0.59 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 Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edleston Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.98 mi 2025/26 | 0.3 mi |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe Both in reach | Primary | 0.8 mi 2025/26 | 0.3 mi |
| Vine Tree Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 6.19 mi 2025/26 | 0.3 mi |
| Wistaston Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.59 mi 2025/26 | 0.4 mi |
| Pebble Brook Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.02 mi 2025/26 | 0.6 mi |
| Beechwood Primary School and Nursery Both in reach | Primary | 1.2 mi 2025/26 | 0.9 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 | 417 pupils in 450 places (93% full) |
| Trust | ALEXANDRA ACADEMY TRUST |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 14 July 2022 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy
| Girls and boys | 48.7% girls, 51.3% boys |
| English as an additional language | 49.4% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 27.8% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy
Cheapest district inside the 12.32 miles: CW98, median £105,000. Dearest: CW6, £375,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CW98 | Cheshire East | 1.0 mi | £105,000 40 sales |
| CW1 | Cheshire East | 1.3 mi | £128,000 98 sales |
| ST5 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 10.4 mi | £137,500 92 sales |
| CW7 | Cheshire West and Chester | 7.5 mi | £162,000 94 sales |
| ST7 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 7.8 mi | £170,000 152 sales |
| CW10 | Cheshire East | 6.8 mi | £210,000 100 sales |
| CW11 | Cheshire East | 5.2 mi | £217,500 59 sales |
| CW2 | Cheshire East | 0.8 mi | £228,000 100 sales |
| CW5 | Cheshire East | 3.4 mi | £235,000 100 sales |
| CW4 | Cheshire East | 9.2 mi | £330,000 26 sales |
| CW6 | Cheshire West and Chester | 10.1 mi | £375,000 66 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 12.32 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 Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy by bus
Best-served stop: Valley Road, 0.3 mi away, with 1.7 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:24, last 21:44.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Road | 0.3 mi | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 8 |
| Stewart Street | 0.3 mi | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 8 |
| Stewart Street | 0.3 mi | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 8 |
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 Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around CW2: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at CW2 7NH, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy?
Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy 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 12.32 miles away, per Cheshire East.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 12.32 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 Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy 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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