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Schools in the Cheshire East local authority

Cheshire East has 181 schools listed on OfferDay across 20 towns.

1 nursery school · 124 primary schools · 23 secondary schools · 3 sixth forms and colleges · 21 special and alternative provision schools · 9 independent schools

About schools in Cheshire East

Cheshire East lists 181 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 23 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at three sixth forms and colleges.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
65%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 119 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
47.1
average Attainment 8 score, across the 29 schools with published results

Top schools in Cheshire East

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Wincle CofE Primary School 91%
  2. 2 Ashdene Primary School 89%
  3. 3 Lostock Hall Primary School 89%
  4. 4 Calveley Primary Academy 88%
  5. 5 Gorsey Bank Primary School 88%
  6. 6 Lindow Community Primary School 88%
  7. 7 Egerton Primary School 87%
  8. 8 Goostrey Community Primary School 86%

Secondary

  1. 1 Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College 55.6
  2. 2 Knutsford Academy 54.9
  3. 3 The Fallibroome Academy 53.4
  4. 4 Poynton High School 53.0
  5. 5 Alsager School 51.9
  6. 6 Wilmslow High School 51.4
  7. 7 Tytherington School 50.1
  8. 8 Brine Leas School 49.7

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Cheshire East.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Cheshire East

How many schools does Cheshire East have?
OfferDay lists 181 schools in Cheshire East, including 124 primary schools and 23 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Cheshire East?
Every school in Cheshire East is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Cheshire East ranked?
OfferDay ranks schools in Cheshire East where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
How many towns are in the Cheshire East local authority?
OfferDay groups the Cheshire East schools across 20 towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.