Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy, Middlewich

Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as Cledford Primary School (URN 135567), 79% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 31 families put Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy as their first choice and 48 named it as one of their preferences, for 32 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 Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy are St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles); Middlewich Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 84% reading, 75% maths); Wimboldsley Community Primary School (1.3 miles, 74% reading, 83% maths); and Warmingham CofE Primary School (2.2 miles, Good, 75% reading, 50% maths).

Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy is one of 4 schools run by Alexandra Academy Trust, an academy trust.

4.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (85%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest railway station is Winsford Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.

20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cledford Schools (outside), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 98 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and drug offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cheshire East (61), as is usual near a town centre.