Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery

School overview

Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery is a primary school serving Macclesfield, Cheshire East, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 227 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 21.0 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 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 15.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery 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.