Offley Primary Academy
Offley Road, Sandbach, CW11 1GY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ST BART'S MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Helen Hewitt
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- St Bart's Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Congleton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 459
- Pupils on roll
- 454
- URN
- 144056
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01270449560
About this school
Offley Primary Academy is a primary academy in Sandbach. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 454 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 60 | 53 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 75% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 6% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 85% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 83% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 85% | 88% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 109.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - | - |
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 Offley 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 | 45% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 60.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 61.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 448 |
| 2023/24 | 445 |
| 2024/25 | 449 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Offley Primary Academy compares
Offley Primary Academy ranked 30th of 114 primary schools in Cheshire East for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 3.5% | 10.6% | 454 | — |
| Sandbach Primary Academy | 75% | 5% | 36.7% | 149 | 0.6 miles |
| Elworth Hall Primary School | 52% | 4.8% | 9.1% | 209 | 0.8 miles |
| St John's CofE Academy | — | 8.1% | 20.5% | 154 | 1.0 miles |
| Elworth CofE Primary School | 73% | 4.1% | 9.3% | 413 | 1.0 miles |
| Wheelock Primary School | 58% | 4.5% | 12.2% | 394 | 1.1 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)
- 10.57%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 3.54%
- Persistent absence
- 4.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sandbach Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Sandbach
-
Elworth Hall Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Sandbach
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St John's CofE Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Sandbach
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Elworth CofE Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Sandbach
-
Wheelock Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Sandbach
Other schools in Sandbach
Offley Primary Academy ranks 1st of the 8 ranked primary schools in Sandbach.
- Brereton CofE Primary School Primary
- Elworth CofE Primary School Primary
- Elworth Hall Primary School Primary
- Sandbach Primary Academy Primary
- Smallwood CofE Primary School Primary
- St John's CofE Academy Primary
- Warmingham CofE Primary School Primary
- Wheelock Primary School Primary
- Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College Secondary
- Sandbach School Secondary
- Cheshire Hall School Special schools
- The Lodge AP Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Offley Primary Academy teach?
- Offley Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Sandbach.
- Who is the head teacher of Offley Primary Academy?
- The head teacher of Offley Primary Academy is Mrs Helen Hewitt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Offley Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Offley 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 Offley Primary Academy?
- Offley Primary Academy has 454 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Offley Primary Academy full?
- Offley Primary Academy has capacity for 459 pupils and 454 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Offley Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Offley Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Offley Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Offley Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Offley Primary Academy?
- Offley Primary Academy is part of ST BART'S MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Offley Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Offley Primary Academy rank locally?
- Offley Primary Academy ranked 30th of 114 primary schools in Cheshire East for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Offley Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Offley Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Offley Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Offley 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 10 July 2026.