Handforth Grange Primary School
Primary schoolHandforth Grange Primary School is a primary school in Cheshire East, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 340 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), January 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 30 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 74% of pupils at Handforth Grange Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Cheshire East and 62% in England.
15% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Cheshire East | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 15% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Willow House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file900 m
- St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, February 20221 km
- Royal School, ManchesterSpecial. School remains Outstanding, November 20221 km
- Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file1 km
- Outwood Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Bolshaw Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 20221.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cheshire East
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).