Brereton CofE Primary School, Sandbach

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Brereton CofE Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders create a culture in which every pupil is included in school life."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have a deep commitment to developing the whole child."

Achievement - Expected standard. "The school is ambitious for all pupils."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Most pupils attend school regularly and arrive on time each day."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is well designed and ensures that pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and pupils who are disadvantaged, gain the foundational knowledge needed for the next stage of their education."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years curriculum is ambitious and carefully planned."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a clear and ambitious vision for the school that is rooted in its ethos and expressed through high expectations for all pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff intervene swiftly and effectively to address misconceptions, including to reinforce accurate spelling, grammar and handwriting, to enable pupils to secure the foundational knowledge they need to achieve more highly across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that learning activity choices consistently build on prior knowledge and provide purposeful opportunities for pupils, including the youngest learners, to rehearse and apply key concepts to make stronger connections and deepen their understanding over time".

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Brereton CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% 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 (86% in reading, 71% in maths).

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

For September 2026 entry, 28 families put Brereton CofE Primary School as their first choice and 57 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Brereton CofE Primary School are St John's CofE Academy (2.1 miles); Offley Primary Academy (2.1 miles, Good, 85% reading, 85% maths); Hermitage Primary School (2.2 miles, Good, 73% reading, 70% maths); and Holmes Chapel Primary School (2.2 miles, Outstanding, 89% reading, 78% maths).

Brereton CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Brereton CofE Primary School is one of 32 schools run by Chester Diocesan Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 49% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

12.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Holmes Chapel Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brereton CE Aided Primary (outside), 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 0 crimes within a mile of the school. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cheshire East (61).

In 2024/25, Brereton CofE Primary School issued 4 suspensions, 2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.