St Michael's Community Academy, Crewe

Ofsted's report card from its 23 June 2026 inspection grades St Michael's Community Academy on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have high expectations for punctuality and attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders make sure that the curriculum is appropriate and sequenced to build on what pupils have learned before."

Early years - Expected standard. "There is a well-designed, ambitious early years' curriculum in place for 2-, 3- and 4-year-old children."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders are ambitious for all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Following a period of significant turbulence in leadership, the trust and school leaders are now aligned in their ambition for the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils learn a carefully crafted personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) curriculum."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils do not achieve as well as they could."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to identify and support the historic gaps in pupils' knowledge so that all groups of pupils progress through the curriculum and achieve consistently well"; "Leaders should continue their work to improve attendance and reduce persistent absence across the school, for all groups, including children in the early years"; "In the early years, leaders should ensure that staff consistently model the correct techniques using resources that children need to learn and develop across all areas of learning".

In its own words: "We recognise that the fundamental values of our country are directly applicable to the daily lives that we lead, and to the development of our children as responsible citizens of the future."

The school runs a breakfast club.

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils at St Michael's Community Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 47% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 78% in Cheshire East and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 72% in reading and 68% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 29 families put St Michael's Community Academy as their first choice and 67 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Michael's Community Academy are Underwood West Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 52% reading, 63% maths); Beechwood Primary School and Nursery (0.5 miles, Good, 56% reading, 67% maths); Mablins Lane Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 78% reading, 73% maths); and Monks Coppenhall Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 78% reading, 77% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than St Michael's Community Academy.

St Michael's Community Academy is one of 23 schools run by St Bart's Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

43.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 26.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (63%) and Black (11%).

The nearest railway station is Crewe Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cliffe Road (opposite), 280 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 372 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cheshire East (61), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Michael's Community Academy issued 60 suspensions, 13.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Michael's Community Academy are Cheshire Studio School (0.6 miles), Crewe Engineering and Design UTC (0.6 miles), Sir William Stanier School (0.8 miles) and The Oaks Academy (1.2 miles).