Whirley Primary School
Primary schoolWhirley Primary School is a primary school in Cheshire East, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 212 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 23 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
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, 65% of pupils at Whirley Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Cheshire East and 62% in England.
13% 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 | 65% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 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- Eden SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file600 m
- The Fallibroome AcademySecondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 51.7 (2025/26, provisional)990 m
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Broken Cross Primary Academy and NurseryPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Upton Priory SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- The King's School In MacclesfieldIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.5 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).