Sandbach Primary Academy
Primary schoolSandbach Primary Academy is a primary school in Cheshire East, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 149 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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, 75% of pupils at Sandbach Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Cheshire East and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 75% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 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- Sandbach SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 45.9 (2025/26, provisional)190 m
- The Lodge APIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file220 m
- Sandbach High School and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary. Good (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 54.3 (2025/26, provisional)560 m
- Wheelock Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2024. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- Offley Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- Elworth Hall Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 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).