Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery

School overview

Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery is a primary school serving Macclesfield, Cheshire East, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 167 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 38% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 10 families who put it first were offered a place. 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. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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.