Warmingham CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: School Lane, Warmingham, Sandbach, CW11 3QN – View on map
- Phone: 01270526260
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kate Appleby
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 11 families put it first for 12 places – 9 for every 10 places. 82% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 6 · 2024 9 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 19
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.7%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Cheshire East average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.7% 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 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: 5.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 33% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 33 percentage points below the Cheshire East average (66%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 47% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 47%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 58% · Maths 50% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 50%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 100
- Based on: 12 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 108th of 114 junior and primary schools in the area
- #107Underwood West Academy38%
- =108St Michael's Community Academy33%
- =108Warmingham CofE Primary School33%
- =108Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary School33%
- #111Marlfields Primary School28%
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84th of 99 primary schools in Cheshire East for Ofsted rating
- #82Upton Priory SchoolGood
- #83Vine Tree Primary SchoolGood
- #84Warmingham CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #85Weaver Primary SchoolGood
- #86Weston Village Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £3,632 (2024-25)
115th of 121 primary schools in Cheshire East for spending per pupil
- #113Lower Park School£3,743
- #114Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy£3,672
- #115Warmingham CofE Primary School£3,632
- #116Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery£3,542
- #117St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School£3,530
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