St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Middlewich

From the headteacher's welcome: "May I offer you a warm welcome to St Mary's Catholic Primary School. If you are considering applying for a place at St Mary's then we hope that we are the school for you. If you already have a child here, then we are delighted to continue the links between us."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, basketball, drama and homework club.

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as St Mary's Catholic Primary School (URN 111340), 84% 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, 22 families put St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 47 named it as one of their preferences, for 21 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy are Middlewich Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 84% reading, 75% maths); Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy (0.6 miles); Wimboldsley Community Primary School (1.6 miles, 74% reading, 83% maths); and Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School (2.3 miles, 51% reading, 51% maths).

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is one of 18 schools run by Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

14.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 14 pupils (8.3%) received SEN support and 7 (4.1%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Winsford Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Mary's School (outside), 30 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 105 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.