The Berkeley Academy
Primary schoolThe Berkeley Academy is a primary school in Cheshire East, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 456 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, January 2025
Before that: Good (overall), October 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 22 October 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 29 January 2025
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, 80% of pupils at The Berkeley Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Cheshire East and 62% in England.
5% 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 | 80% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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- Shavington AcademySecondary. School remains Good, May 2023. Attainment 8 of 44.2 (2025/26, provisional)830 m
- Pebble Brook Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
- Shavington Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2024. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Vine Tree Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, CrewePrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 49.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.5 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).