Buglawton Primary School

Community school·Primary school Congleton, Cheshire East·CW12 2EL
Composite score
47.2
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National rank
#1179
In North West
#72
In Cheshire East
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
26 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
68
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.79 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1270 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.27
00.511.52
1 per place
0.9720221.0020231.5020241.1320250.872026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
208
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,090
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Buglawton Primary School at a glance

Located in Congleton, Cheshire East, Buglawton Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 208 pupils aged 4 to 11. 60% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 6.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made Buglawton Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.79 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. Buglawton Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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