Holmes Chapel Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Crewe · CW4 7EB · Cheshire East
Ages 4–11
- KS257%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM6.5%
- Demand0.98
2.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 111055
Byley Primary School and Nursery
Community school · Middlewich · CW10 9NG
Ages 3–11 · 88 pupils · Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
5.1%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-01-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)60%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.5%
Unauthorised0.7%
- Authorised absence
- 4.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 77
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
10
Places offered
10
1st-preference offers
10
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 25
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 10
- Applications from outside LA
- 21
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 9
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill84%
88 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 88
- Boys / girls
- 40 / 48
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 88 / 105 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 11.1%
- FSM pupils
- 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Miss Elizabeth Whittingham
Location
- Address
- Moss Lane, Byley
- Postcode
- CW10 9NG
- Town
- Middlewich
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- District
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Tatton
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Middlewich, Cheshire West and Chester, 88 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 11.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Middlewich Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Middlewich · CW10 9BS · Cheshire East
Ages 4–11
- KS267%
- Absence4.2%
- FSM14.6%
- Demand1.00
2.5 miles away
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Middlewich · CW10 9DH · Cheshire East
Ages 3–11
- FSM14.8%
2.6 miles away
Hermitage Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Crewe · CW4 7NP · Cheshire East
Ages 4–11
- KS268%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM6.8%
- Demand0.97
2.8 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Middlewich · CW10 0DD · Cheshire East
Ages 2–11
- FSM25.3%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Elizabeth Whittingham
- Telephone
- 01606832519