St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Priory Lane, Macclesfield, SK10 3HJ
268 pupils · 64% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Free school meals
- 17.5%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 February 2025, published 19 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 48% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 24 | 23 | 48 | 24 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 29 | 28 | 50 | 29 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 40 | 40 | 64 | 40 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 32 | 30 | 55 | 32 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 31 | 31 | 63 | 31 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 36 | 36 | 68 | 36 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 56 | 48 | 95 | 55 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 44 | 41 | 69 | 44 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Upton Priory School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery 1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Whirley Primary School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School 1.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Parkroyal Community School 1.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.