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Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Claire Gurden

corporate_fareOUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

location_onMacclesfield, SK11 7SF

phone 1625466833

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Ofsted

Inadequate

Inspected 2025

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Students

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Expected Standard

80%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Macclesfield, serving ages 3-11. Currently rated Inadequate by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 12% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School is an academy sponsor led in Macclesfield, Cheshire East, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 92 pupils on roll, of whom 47% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #34 of 114 primaries in Cheshire East and #4,657 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Inadequate. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.6 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

80%

LA 62%

Reading87% LA 78%

Writing80% LA 72%

Maths87% LA 75%

Read SS

111

Maths SS

111

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 61%England 61%

Reading79% LA 78% · Eng 74%

Writing58% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths84% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

35%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading50% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing61% LA 72% · Eng 71%

Maths46% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.9

Read

LA 0.7

-3.7 to 1.8

0.1

Write

LA -0.2

-2.6 to 2.8

-4.7

Maths

LA 0.3

-7.3 to -2.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

23 April 2025

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-04-23

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2018-05-15

S5 Inspection EIF

Inadequate

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2014-07-16

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 92 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	92	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	91	3	3.3%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	99	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	105	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	101	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	101	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	89	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	84	0	0.0%	0.6%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 7 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 7 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 6 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 3 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 3 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 2 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils

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Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England/Roman Catholic)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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