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%
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 131727
Middlewich Primary School
Community school · Middlewich · CW10 9BS
Ages 4–11 · 404 pupils · Cheshire East
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
61%
Overall absence
4.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-09-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- 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)61%
Higher standard (RWM)2%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.5%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 3.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 352
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill96%
404 pupils · 420 places
- Pupils on roll
- 404
- Boys / girls
- 189 / 215
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 404 / 420 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 14.6%
- FSM pupils
- 59
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs G Reynolds
Location
- Address
- Park Road
- Postcode
- CW10 9BS
- Town
- Middlewich
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- District
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 1 on roll / 5 capacity
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 4–11, in Middlewich, Cheshire East, 404 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 14.6%. SEN provision includes: HI - Hearing Impairment.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Academy converter · Primary
Middlewich · CW10 0DD · Cheshire East
Ages 2–11
- FSM25.3%
0.7 miles away
Wimboldsley Community Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Middlewich · CW10 0LN · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 4–11
- KS258%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM7.8%
1.6 miles away
Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Winsford · CW7 3HN · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 3–11
- FSM49.5%
2.2 miles away
Wharton CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Winsford · CW7 3EP · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 4–11
- KS221%
- Absence7.3%
- FSM30.3%
2.4 miles away
Byley Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Middlewich · CW10 9NG · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM11.1%
2.5 miles away
Warmingham CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Sandbach · CW11 3QN · Cheshire East
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM25.7%
2.9 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs G Reynolds
- Telephone
- 01606652321