Alderley Edge Community Primary School, Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge Community Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Alderley Edge, part of Halliard Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Cheshire East (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Alderley Edge Community Primary School in detail
Results
Alderley Edge Community Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 111008), 100% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Alderley Edge Community Primary School
Across Cheshire East, 92% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Cheshire East lodged 44 appeals against primary school offers; 26 reached a hearing and 2 succeeded (7.7% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Alderley Edge Community Primary School are Alderley Edge Community Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, 100% reading, 80% maths); 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 SchoolLindow Community Primary SchoolAshdene Primary SchoolSt Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School
The trust
Alderley Edge Community Primary School is one of 12 schools run by Halliard Trust, an academy trust.
Getting there
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.
The area around the school
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).
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Alderley Edge Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Alderley Edge Community Primary School (URN 111008), it was rated Outstanding in March 2014. See Alderley Edge Community Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Alderley Edge Community Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 111008). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 90% to 100% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 93% to 80% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 88% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Alderley Edge Community Primary School
Term dates
Alderley Edge Community Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Cheshire East's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Alderley Edge Community Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Alderley Edge Community Primary School is in Cheshire East; for families living there:
- Cheshire East's school travel policy: Compulsory school age travel policy
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 19
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 5 serious and 13 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Cheshire East is 6 (the median across 180 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Alderley Edge Community Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 111008). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 33 | 74 | 1.2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 30 | 40 | 81 | 1.3 | 12 |
| 2024 | 30 | 33 | 79 | 1.1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 30 | 38 | 69 | 1.3 | 8 |
| 2022 | 30 | 29 | 71 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 30 | 29 | 75 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 30 | 31 | 81 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 30 | 47 | 97 | 1.6 | 18 |
| 2018 | 30 | 28 | 72 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2017 | 30 | 44 | 91 | 1.5 | 14 |
| 2016 | 28 | 43 | 94 | 1.5 | 17 |
| 2015 | 30 | 44 | 85 | 1.5 | 14 |
| 2014 | 29 | 31 | 62 | 1.1 | 5 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Alderley Edge
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Alderley Edge
Across Cheshire East council
Places available
4,535
Applications
3,733
Got 1st preference
92.3%
Got preferred school
98.6%
All primary applications across Cheshire East council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at Alderley Edge Community Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 111008). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
4.1%
Overall absence
9.4%
Persistent absence
180
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Alderley Edge Community Primary School
Questions parents ask about Alderley Edge Community Primary School
Are there exam results for Alderley Edge Community Primary School?
Alderley Edge Community Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 111008), 100% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Alderley Edge Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Alderley Edge Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Alderley Edge Community Primary School (URN 111008), it was rated Outstanding in March 2014.
What is the catchment area for Alderley Edge Community Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Alderley Edge Community Primary School is oversubscribed, Cheshire East allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Alderley Edge Community Primary School?
Apply through Cheshire East's coordinated admissions process, naming Alderley Edge Community Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Alderley Edge Community Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 5 serious and 13 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Cheshire East is 6 (the median across 180 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Alderley Edge Community Primary School?
Alderley Edge Community Primary School is at Church Lane, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7UZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)