Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Fir Grove, Macclesfield, SK11 7SF – View on map
- Phone: 01625466833
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Leigh
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 5 families put it first for 6 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 7 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England/Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 31
- % eligible for free school meals: 39.2%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Cheshire East average)
- English as an additional language: 44% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8% a year (Cheshire East 12.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 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: 7.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 25.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 percentage points above the Cheshire East average (66%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 54% against an expected 51%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 80% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 111
- Based on: 15 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 16th of 114 junior and primary schools in the area
- =12Shavington Primary School83%
- #15Bexton Primary School82%
- =16Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School80%
- =16Prestbury CofE Primary School80%
- =16The Berkeley Academy80%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,663 (2024-25)
11th of 121 primary schools in Cheshire East for spending per pupil
- #9Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School£8,864
- #10Lindow Community Primary School£8,800
- #11Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School£8,663
- #12Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery£8,622
- #13Havannah Primary School£8,185
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