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Primary · SK10 · Cheshire East

Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery

Hulley Road, Macclesfield, SK10 2LW

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At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance95.3%
Attainment38% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils167

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SK10. Where we have them, council (Cheshire East) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
167
Free school meals
46.7%
33.9% above district average (12.8%)

Also: Cheshire East 15.3% · England 24.7%

SEN
20.4%
3.9% above district average (16.5%)

Also: Cheshire East 16.3% · England 18.2%

EAL
13.8%
7.4% above district average (6.4%)
Attendance
95.3%
0.8% below district average (96.1%)

Also: Cheshire East 95.6% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
11.9%
Attainment
38% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SK10 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
188
Pupils on roll
167

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Cheshire East page.

SEN support

SEN %
20.4%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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