# St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Cheshire East, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 268 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E141811. [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 268
- Council: Cheshire East
- URN: 141811

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 4 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 48% of pupils at St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary 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 | 48% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [The Fallibroome Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-fallibroome-academy-e136278): 590 m. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 51.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Upton Priory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/upton-priory-school-e142513): 700 m. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/broken-cross-primary-academy-and-nursery-e141193): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Whirley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whirley-primary-school-e140598): 1 km. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Eden School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eden-school-e143531): 1.2 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-the-evangelist-cofe-primary-school-macclesfield-e111331): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/141811)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/141811)

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