Cherry Tree School

Cherry Tree School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in its recent inspection. The school fosters a positive and nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and eager to learn. The curriculum is well-structured, and staff are knowledgeable, contributing to pupils' successful educational outcomes, including those with special educational needs. The school's commitment to personal development is evident, as pupils leave confident and considerate. This is the first inspection since the pandemic began, and the school has adapted well to recent educational challenges.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary behaviour and conduct.
• The school provides a calm and nurturing atmosphere.
• High expectations lead to strong pupil achievements.
• The curriculum is well-thought-out and balanced.
• Pupils develop excellent reading skills from an early age.
• There are strong support systems for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils engage in enriching extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, assessment information is not used effectively enough.
• The vocabulary curriculum for early years has not been fully developed.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Cherry Tree School attended 97.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 1.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Cherry Tree School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Cherry Tree School had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.0% of pupils at Cherry Tree School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Cherry Tree School received £7,718 and spent £7,737 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £53,000 (-£253 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Cherry Tree School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cherry Tree School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Cherry Tree School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cherry Tree School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Cherry Tree School have?

Cherry Tree School has 210 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cherry Tree School cover?

Cherry Tree School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Cherry Tree School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cherry Tree School?

Cherry Tree School is at Hardy Road, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, WA13 0NX.