Calveley Primary Academy
Calveley Green Lane, Calveley, CW6 9LE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- NORTH WEST ACADEMIES TRUST LIMITED
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Ray Rudd
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- North West Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 118
- URN
- 143157
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01270918360
About this school
Calveley Primary Academy is a primary academy in Cheshire East. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 118 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 6 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 83% | 88% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 17% | 44% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 83% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 83% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 67% | 88% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 109.0 | 114.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 112.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - | - |
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 Calveley Primary Academy 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 | 73% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 60.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 88% | 61.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 92 |
| 2023/24 | 97 |
| 2024/25 | 118 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Calveley Primary Academy compares
Calveley Primary Academy ranked 4th of 114 primary schools in Cheshire East for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 96% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 88% | 4.5% | 14.4% | 118 | — |
| Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary School | 73% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 200 | 2.9 miles |
| St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School | 75% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 85 | 3.0 miles |
| Eaton Primary School | 72% | 4.5% | 6.8% | 175 | 3.4 miles |
| Acton Church of England Primary Academy | 84% | 4.4% | 8% | 195 | 3.8 miles |
| Tarporley CofE Primary School | 71% | 3.5% | 9% | 259 | 4.0 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.44%
- English as an additional language
- 8.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.47%
- Persistent absence
- 6.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Tarporley
-
St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Nantwich
-
Eaton Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · Tarporley
-
Acton Church of England Primary Academy3.8 miles
Primary · Nantwich
-
Tarporley CofE Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Tarporley
Common questions
- What year groups does Calveley Primary Academy teach?
- Calveley Primary Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Cheshire East.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Calveley Primary Academy?
- The executive headteacher of Calveley Primary Academy is Mrs Ray Rudd, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Calveley Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Calveley Primary Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Calveley Primary Academy?
- Calveley Primary Academy has 118 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Calveley Primary Academy full?
- Calveley Primary Academy has capacity for 105 pupils and 118 on roll (112%), so it is at or above 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 Calveley Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Calveley Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Calveley Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Calveley Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Calveley Primary Academy?
- Calveley Primary Academy is part of NORTH WEST ACADEMIES TRUST LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Calveley Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 88% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Calveley Primary Academy rank locally?
- Calveley Primary Academy ranked 4th of 114 primary schools in Cheshire East for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 96% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Calveley Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Calveley Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Calveley Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Calveley Primary Academy'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 2 July 2026.