High Legh Primary School

Community school·Primary school Knutsford, Cheshire East·WA16 6NW
Composite score
50.5
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#7,099
National rank
#983
In North West
#60
In Cheshire East
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
24
any preference, for 16 places
Applications from another council area
25%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
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1 per place
0.9620220.8120230.8220240.9120250.812026

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

Every child who put High Legh Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
152
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,842
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

High Legh Primary School at a glance

Located in Knutsford, Cheshire East, High Legh Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 152 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 16.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). High Legh Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 13 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 19.0 pupils per teacher. High Legh 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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