Alderley Edge Community Primary School, Alderley Edge

In 2025, 100% of Year 6 pupils at Alderley Edge Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 78% in Cheshire East and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (90% in reading, 93% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 33 families put Alderley Edge Community Primary School as their first choice and 74 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Alderley Edge Community Primary School are Alderley Edge Community Primary School (under 0.1 miles); Lindow Community Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 91% reading, 91% maths); Ashdene Primary School (1 mile, Outstanding, 92% reading, 92% maths); and St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School (1.2 miles, Good, 81% reading, 71% maths).

Alderley Edge Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

87 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Alderley Edge Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 95% would recommend the school, 99% say their child is happy there and 93% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that the school supports their child's wider development (89%).

9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (75%), Mixed (11%) and Asian (6%).

In 2026, 18 pupils (8.5%) received SEN support and 8 (3.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Alderley Edge Rail Station, about 210 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alderley Edge Primary (outside), 40 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Alderley Edge Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 30 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cheshire East (61).

In 2024/25, Alderley Edge Community Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.