Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Long Lane, Bickerton, Malpas, SY14 8AP – View on map
- Phone: 01829720240
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Victoria Williams
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 7 families put it first for 8 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 4 of the 8 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 5 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 11
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.9%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Cheshire East average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 26% a year (Cheshire East 12.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 58% moved to another school, 42% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Cheshire East: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Cheshire East, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 3.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 44% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 22 percentage points below the Cheshire East average (66%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 68% · Writing 44% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 25 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 101st of 114 junior and primary schools in the area
- #100Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School45%
- =101Beechwood Primary School and Nursery44%
- =101Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School44%
- =101Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary School44%
- =104Hollinhey Primary School43%
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18th of 99 primary schools in Cheshire East for Ofsted rating
- #16Audlem St James' CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #17Bexton Primary SchoolGood
- #18Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #19Black Firs Primary SchoolGood
- #20Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,696 (2024-25)
53rd of 121 primary schools in Cheshire East for spending per pupil
- #51Mobberley CofE Primary School£6,715
- #52Nantwich Primary Academy£6,697
- #53Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School£6,696
- #54St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe£6,681
- #55Weston Village Primary School£6,565
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