Goostrey Community Primary School
Main Road, Goostrey, Near Crewe, CW4 8PE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Lyndsey Atkins
- Constituency
- Congleton
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 197
- URN
- 111171
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01270918940
About this school
Goostrey Community Primary School is a community primary school in Near Crewe. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 197 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Goostrey Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 30 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% | 73% | 86% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 10% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 80% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 87% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 90% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Goostrey Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cheshire East average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 81% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 60.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 86% | 61.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 213 |
| 2023/24 | 210 |
| 2024/25 | 203 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Goostrey Community Primary School compares
Goostrey Community Primary School ranked 8th of 114 primary schools in Cheshire East for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 86% | 3.6% | 5.9% | 197 | — |
| Hermitage Primary School | 60% | 3.7% | 7.2% | 206 | 1.7 miles |
| Holmes Chapel Primary School | 69% | 4.4% | 6.4% | 401 | 2.1 miles |
| Peover Superior Endowed Primary School | 77% | 3.6% | 5.4% | 95 | 2.4 miles |
| Byley Primary School and Nursery | 60% | 4.4% | 11.3% | 88 | 3.4 miles |
| Lower Peover CofE Primary School | — | — | — | 208 | 3.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 March 2026
- 25 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.91%
- English as an additional language
- 1.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.62%
- Persistent absence
- 7.39%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hermitage Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Crewe
-
Holmes Chapel Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Crewe
-
Peover Superior Endowed Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Knutsford
-
Byley Primary School and Nursery3.4 miles
Primary · Middlewich
-
Lower Peover CofE Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Knutsford
Common questions
- What ages does Goostrey Community Primary School teach?
- Goostrey Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Near Crewe.
- Who is the headteacher of Goostrey Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Goostrey Community Primary School is Miss Lyndsey Atkins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Goostrey Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Goostrey Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Goostrey Community Primary School?
- Goostrey Community Primary School has 197 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Goostrey Community Primary School full?
- Goostrey Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 197 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Goostrey Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Goostrey Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Goostrey Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Goostrey Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Goostrey Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 81% in 2022/23 and 86% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Goostrey Community Primary School compare with other schools in Cheshire East?
- Goostrey Community Primary School ranked 8th of 114 primary schools in Cheshire East for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Goostrey Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Goostrey Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Goostrey Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Goostrey Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.