How far Cheshire East schools admitted from
For every oversubscribed school, Cheshire East publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 114 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.
114schools with a published figure
1.85 mithe middle school's distance
39filled within a mile
The tightest is Pebble Brook Primary School at 0.02 miles in 2025/26; the most far-reaching, Sound and District Primary School, admitted from 12.98 miles.
Primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pebble Brook Primary School Crewe | No current grade | 0.02 mi | 2025/26 | 94% |
| Acton Church of England Primary Academy Nantwich | Good | 0.06 mi | 2025/26 | 110% |
| Lindow Community Primary School Wilmslow | No current grade | 0.1 mi | 2025/26 | 72% |
| Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Malpas | Good | 0.19 mi | 2025/26 | 72% |
| Pikemere School Alsager | No current grade | 0.21 mi | 2025/26 | 121% |
| St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School Wilmslow | Good | 0.22 mi | 2025/26 | 54% |
| St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 0.22 mi | 2025/26 | 88% |
| Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery Macclesfield | No current grade | 0.28 mi | 2025/26 | 111% |
| Daven Primary School Congleton | Requires improvement | 0.28 mi | 2025/26 | 65% |
| Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 0.29 mi | 2025/26 | 40% |
| Elworth Hall Primary School Sandbach | No current grade | 0.35 mi | 2025/26 | 100% |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Macclesfield | No current grade | 0.4 mi | 2025/26 | 64% |
| Whirley Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 0.41 mi | 2025/26 | 101% |
| Ashdene Primary School Wilmslow | No current grade | 0.43 mi | 2025/26 | 100% |
| Havannah Primary School Congleton | No current grade | 0.46 mi | 2025/26 | 103% |
| Gorsey Bank Primary School Wilmslow | Outstanding | 0.47 mi | 2025/26 | 100% |
| Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School Congleton | Good | 0.52 mi | 2025/26 | 82% |
| Alderley Edge Community Primary School Alderley Edge | No current grade | 0.59 mi | 2025/26 | not published |
| Wistaston Academy Crewe | Outstanding | 0.59 mi | 2025/26 | 104% |
| St Michael's Community Academy Crewe | Requires improvement | 0.6 mi | 2025/26 | 85% |
| Offley Primary Academy Sandbach | No current grade | 0.64 mi | 2025/26 | 99% |
| Upton Priory School Macclesfield | No current grade | 0.64 mi | 2025/26 | 71% |
| Manor Park Primary School and Nursery Knutsford | Good | 0.67 mi | 2025/26 | 77% |
| Handforth Grange Primary School Wilmslow | Outstanding | 0.71 mi | 2025/26 | 108% |
| Elworth CofE Primary School Sandbach | No current grade | 0.75 mi | 2025/26 | 115% |
| Egerton Primary School Knutsford | Good | 0.77 mi | 2025/26 | 107% |
| Millfields Primary Academy Nantwich | No current grade | 0.78 mi | 2025/26 | 109% |
| Shavington Primary School Crewe | No current grade | 0.78 mi | 2025/26 | 114% |
| Buglawton Primary School Congleton | No current grade | 0.79 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe | Good | 0.8 mi | 2025/26 | 89% |
| Wrenbury Primary School Nantwich | No current grade | 0.81 mi | 2025/26 | 84% |
| Hermitage Primary School Crewe | Good | 0.82 mi | 2025/26 | 98% |
| St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School Stoke-on-Trent | Outstanding | 0.82 mi | 2025/26 | 113% |
| Bexton Primary School Knutsford | No current grade | 0.86 mi | 2025/26 | 119% |
| Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School Nantwich | No current grade | 0.87 mi | 2025/26 | 110% |
| Underwood West Academy Crewe | No current grade | 0.87 mi | 2025/26 | 111% |
| Lacey Green Primary Academy Wilmslow | Good | 0.92 mi | 2025/26 | 101% |
| Disley Primary School Stockport | No current grade | 0.93 mi | 2025/26 | 90% |
| Edleston Primary School Crewe | No current grade | 0.98 mi | 2025/26 | 100% |
| Ash Grove Academy Macclesfield | Outstanding | 1.09 mi | 2025/26 | 111% |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School Congleton | Requires improvement | 1.15 mi | 2025/26 | 75% |
| The Wilmslow Academy Wilmslow | No current grade | 1.18 mi | 2025/26 | 93% |
| Beechwood Primary School and Nursery Crewe | Good | 1.2 mi | 2025/26 | 150% |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School Nantwich | Good | 1.25 mi | 2025/26 | 94% |
| Parkroyal Community School Macclesfield | No current grade | 1.28 mi | 2025/26 | 98% |
| Bollington Cross CofE Primary School Macclesfield | Good | 1.37 mi | 2025/26 | 80% |
| Lower Park School Stockport | Good | 1.37 mi | 2025/26 | 97% |
| Black Firs Primary School Congleton | No current grade | 1.4 mi | 2025/26 | 133% |
| Weston Village Primary School Crewe | Good | 1.51 mi | 2025/26 | 84% |
| Highfields Academy Nantwich | No current grade | 1.56 mi | 2025/26 | 118% |
| Scholar Green Primary School Stoke-on-Trent | Good | 1.56 mi | 2025/26 | 108% |
| Weaver Primary School Nantwich | No current grade | 1.62 mi | 2025/26 | 99% |
| Worth Primary School Poynton | Requires improvement | 1.65 mi | 2025/26 | 94% |
| The Quinta Primary School Congleton | Good | 1.67 mi | 2025/26 | 117% |
| Brierley Primary School Crewe | Good | 1.75 mi | 2025/26 | 106% |
| The Berkeley Academy Crewe | Good | 1.77 mi | 2025/26 | 109% |
| Mablins Lane Community Primary School Crewe | No current grade | 1.82 mi | 2025/26 | 97% |
| Leighton Academy Crewe | Good | 1.85 mi | 2025/26 | 97% |
| Marlborough Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 1.85 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| Adlington Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 1.88 mi | 2025/26 | 92% |
| The Dingle Primary School Crewe | Outstanding | 1.9 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| Warmingham CofE Primary School Sandbach | Good | 1.95 mi | 2025/26 | 106% |
| Rode Heath Primary School Stoke-on-Trent | Outstanding | 1.96 mi | 2025/26 | 105% |
| Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery Macclesfield | Good | 2.0 mi | 2025/26 | 95% |
| Goostrey Community Primary School Near Crewe | Good | 2.04 mi | 2025/26 | 94% |
| Prestbury CofE Primary School Macclesfield | Good | 2.15 mi | 2025/26 | 102% |
| Alsager Highfields Community Primary School Stoke-on-Trent | Good | 2.31 mi | 2025/26 | 71% |
| Bollington St John's CofE Primary School Macclesfield | Good | 2.33 mi | 2025/26 | 97% |
| Mobberley CofE Primary School Knutsford | No current grade | 2.36 mi | 2025/26 | 92% |
| Middlewich Primary School Middlewich | Good | 2.65 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| Dean Valley Community Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 2.69 mi | 2025/26 | 95% |
| Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary School Stoke-on-Trent | Requires improvement | 2.7 mi | 2025/26 | 82% |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Middlewich | No current grade | 2.79 mi | 2025/26 | 73% |
| Mossley CofE Primary School Congleton | Good | 2.9 mi | 2025/26 | 98% |
| St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Wilmslow | No current grade | 2.93 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School Nantwich | Good | 3.04 mi | 2025/26 | 81% |
| Hungerford Primary Academy Crewe | No current grade | 3.11 mi | 2025/26 | 59% |
| Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy Macclesfield | No current grade | 3.29 mi | 2025/26 | 106% |
| Marton and District CofE Aided Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 3.32 mi | 2025/26 | 90% |
| Nantwich Primary Academy Nantwich | No current grade | 3.49 mi | 2025/26 | 84% |
| Styal Primary School Wilmslow | No current grade | 3.5 mi | 2025/26 | 84% |
| Monks Coppenhall Academy Crewe | Good | 3.81 mi | 2025/26 | 105% |
| Lostock Hall Primary School Stockport | Good | 4.07 mi | 2025/26 | 92% |
| Gawsworth Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 4.12 mi | 2025/26 | 94% |
| Hollinhey Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 4.33 mi | 2025/26 | 118% |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Stockport | Good | 4.4 mi | 2025/26 | 73% |
| Wheelock Primary School Sandbach | Good | 4.46 mi | 2025/26 | 114% |
| Brereton CofE Primary School Sandbach | No current grade | 4.58 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| Pear Tree Primary School NANTWICH | No current grade | 4.72 mi | 2025/26 | 102% |
| High Legh Primary School Knutsford | No current grade | 4.73 mi | 2025/26 | 77% |
| Calveley Primary Academy | No current grade | 4.8 mi | 2025/26 | 112% |
| Smallwood CofE Primary School Sandbach | No current grade | 4.93 mi | 2025/26 | 127% |
| Sandbach Primary Academy Sandbach | No current grade | 4.96 mi | 2025/26 | 142% |
| Willaston Primary Academy Nantwich | No current grade | 5.27 mi | 2025/26 | 120% |
| Ivy Bank Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 5.29 mi | 2025/26 | 81% |
| Cranberry Academy | Good | 5.3 mi | 2025/26 | 97% |
| Excalibur Primary School Stoke-on-Trent | Good | 5.47 mi | 2025/26 | 103% |
| Marlfields Primary School Congleton | Requires improvement | 5.61 mi | 2025/26 | 86% |
| Holmes Chapel Primary School Crewe | No current grade | 5.62 mi | 2025/26 | 95% |
| Vernon Primary School Poynton | Outstanding | 5.62 mi | 2025/26 | 113% |
| Chelford CofE Primary School Macclesfield | Good | 5.63 mi | 2025/26 | 90% |
| Nether Alderley Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 5.78 mi | 2025/26 | 85% |
| Audlem St James' CofE Primary School Crewe | Good | 5.88 mi | 2025/26 | 82% |
| Vine Tree Primary School Crewe | No current grade | 6.19 mi | 2025/26 | 95% |
| Bridgemere CofE Primary School Nantwich | No current grade | 6.93 mi | 2025/26 | 90% |
| Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary School Tarporley | Good | 7.74 mi | 2025/26 | 84% |
| Wistaston Church Lane Academy Crewe | No current grade | 8.53 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| Rainow Primary School Macclesfield | No current grade | 9.0 mi | 2025/26 | 103% |
| Peover Superior Endowed Primary School Knutsford | No current grade | 9.29 mi | 2025/26 | 90% |
| Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School Macclesfield | Good | 10.35 mi | 2025/26 | 51% |
| Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School Nantwich | No current grade | 10.95 mi | 2025/26 | 85% |
| Puss Bank School and Nursery Macclesfield | Good | 12.2 mi | 2025/26 | 97% |
| Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy Crewe | Good | 12.32 mi | 2025/26 | 93% |
| Sound and District Primary School Nantwich | Good | 12.98 mi | 2025/26 | 104% |
Reading the numbers
These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Cheshire East measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →
Checking an address against these
Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.
Admission distances published by Cheshire East. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.