St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield

School overview

St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield is a primary school serving Macclesfield, Cheshire East, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 262 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 62% 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 5.0 percentage points compared with 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 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 36 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.22 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 6.2%. There are about 20.2 pupils per teacher. St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield 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.