Cledford Primary School
George VI Avenue, Middlewich, CW10 0DD
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jane Booth
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 330
- URN
- 135567
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
About this school
Cledford Primary School was a community primary school in Middlewich. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 330 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Cledford Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 2009, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 42 | 48 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 64% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 7% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 76% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 81% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 83% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.10 | - | - |
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 Cledford 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 | 64% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 60.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 61.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 321 |
| 2023/24 | 310 |
| 2024/25 | 330 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cledford Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 5% | 24.6% | 330 | — |
| Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy | — | — | — | 314 | 0.0 miles |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 169 | 0.6 miles |
| Middlewich Primary School | 67% | 4% | 14.9% | 404 | 0.7 miles |
| Wimboldsley Community Primary School | 52% | 3.6% | 8.3% | 129 | 1.3 miles |
| Warmingham CofE Primary School | 33% | 5.4% | 21.1% | 74 | 2.2 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)
- 24.64%
- English as an additional language
- 2.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.01%
- Persistent absence
- 15.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Middlewich
-
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Middlewich
-
Middlewich Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Middlewich
-
Wimboldsley Community Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Middlewich
-
Warmingham CofE Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Sandbach
Other schools in Middlewich
- Byley Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy Primary
- Middlewich Primary School Primary
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- Wimboldsley Community Primary School Primary
- Middlewich High School Secondary
- Compass Community Cledford Park Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Cledford Primary School teach?
- Cledford Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Middlewich.
- Has Cledford Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cledford 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 many pupils are at Cledford Primary School?
- Cledford Primary School had 330 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Cledford Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Cledford Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cledford 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 9 July 2025.