Hurdsfield Community Primary School
Hulley Road, Macclesfield, SK10 2LW
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Jervis
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Macclesfield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 188
- Pupils on roll
- 167
- URN
- 111233
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
About this school
Hurdsfield Community Primary School was a community primary school in Macclesfield. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 167 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hurdsfield Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 23 | 21 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 39% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 65% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 65% | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 61% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.20 | - | - |
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 Hurdsfield 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 | 55% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 60.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 61.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 171 |
| 2023/24 | 166 |
| 2024/25 | 167 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hurdsfield Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 5.5% | 48% | 167 | — |
| Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery | — | — | — | 178 | 0.0 miles |
| Puss Bank School and Nursery | 69% | 5.1% | 16.9% | 409 | 0.6 miles |
| Marlborough Primary School | 73% | 3.7% | 8.8% | 405 | 0.8 miles |
| Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School | 61% | 4.2% | 9.8% | 107 | 1.1 miles |
| Parkroyal Community School | 57% | 4% | 10.8% | 411 | 1.2 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.97%
- English as an additional language
- 13.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.53%
- Persistent absence
- 15.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Macclesfield
-
Puss Bank School and Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Macclesfield
-
Marlborough Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Macclesfield
-
Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Macclesfield
-
Parkroyal Community School1.2 miles
Primary · Macclesfield
Other schools in Macclesfield
- Adlington Primary School Primary
- Ash Grove Academy Primary
- Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School Primary
- Bollington Cross CofE Primary School Primary
- Bollington St John's CofE Primary School Primary
- Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary
- Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery Primary
- Chelford CofE Primary School Primary
- Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dean Valley Community Primary School Primary
- Gawsworth Primary School Primary
- Hollinhey Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hurdsfield Community Primary School teach?
- Hurdsfield Community Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Macclesfield.
- Has Hurdsfield Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hurdsfield Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Hurdsfield Community Primary School?
- Hurdsfield Community Primary School had 167 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Hurdsfield Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hurdsfield Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hurdsfield 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 7 July 2025.