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Hollinhey Primary School

Primary Ages 2-11 248 pupils Macclesfield
Ofsted: Good
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Hollinhey Primary School is an academy converter in Macclesfield for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has 248 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Hollinhey Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2017 of its predecessor, Hollinhey Primary School. In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Bell Avenue
Sutton Lane Ends
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 0EE
Phone 01625704352
Reference Number 146430

General Makeup

Number of pupils 248
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.4%
Girls: 49.6%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 0.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 16 30
2 20 9 29
3 12 16 28
4 14 14 28
5 18 15 33
6 3 18 21

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 95.6%
White & Asian 2.4%
White, Other 0.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
African 0.4%
Mixed, Other 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Hollinhey Primary School, inspected in April 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 28 Mar 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
28 Mar 2023 School inspection
05 Apr 2019 Academy conversion letter
25 Apr 2017 Short inspection
Previously as Hollinhey Primary School
01 Feb 2012 Full inspection:
21 Jan 2009 Full inspection:
23 Jan 2008 Curriculum and development visit
17 Jan 2006 Full inspection:
10 Jan 2000 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 43%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 4%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 102
Maths 100

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.2
Writing 1.1
Maths -0.9

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 1
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Hollinhey Primary School had 194 pupils for 210 places. 16 places (7.6%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Macclesfield South” planning area

Cheshire East counted 249 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 253 in 2029–30, up 2%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210
Pupils 207200197194191194
Unfilled 1.4%4.8%6.2%7.6%9.0%7.6%

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 Hollinhey Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.3%4.5%4.3%3.5%3.4%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.7%0.8%1.0%1.3%
Severely absent pupils 1.1%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.6%

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, 0.5% of pupils at Hollinhey Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.01.50.00.00.01.6
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 Hollinhey Primary School had 26.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.610.89.99.59.49.410.0
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.7%17.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –21.4%85.7%50.0%46.2%33.3%–
Sick days per teacher –0.46.82.52.01.0–

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, 14.9% of pupils at Hollinhey Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 21 8
Moderate learning difficulty 9 0
Social, emotional and mental health 4 2
Specific learning difficulty 2 1
Hearing impairment 1 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 1

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 2024–25 Hollinhey Primary School received £6,977 and spent £7,324 for each of its 188 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £120,000 (£637 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of The Aspire Educational Trust, income was £6,867 and spending £6,913 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £51,000£89,000£73,000£120,000£159,000£120,000
per pupil £245£443£371£618£826£637
In-year balance £2,000£61,000£33,000£48,000£12,000-£65,000
per pupil £11£305£167£247£62-£347

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Ash Grove Academy
Belgrave Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 7TF
1.03 miles
Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School
Fir Grove, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 7SF
1.11 miles
Puss Bank School and Nursery
Barracks Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1QJ
1.56 miles
Parkroyal Community School
Lyon Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 6QX
1.73 miles
Ivy Bank Primary School
Valley Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8PB
1.78 miles
St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield
Ivy Road, St John the Evangelist Primary School, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8QN
2.06 miles
Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery
Hulley Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 2LW
2.17 miles
Gawsworth Primary School
Longbutts Lane, Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9QU
2.34 miles
Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery
Parkett Heyes Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8UD
2.47 miles
Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School
Bollinbrook Ce (A) Primary School, Abbey Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3AT
2.51 miles
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Priory Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3HJ
2.76 miles
Marlborough Primary School
Tytherington Drive, Tytherington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 2HJ
2.8 miles
Upton Priory School
Berwick Close, Off Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3ED
3.03 miles
Whirley Primary School
Whirley Road, Broken Cross, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3JL
3.19 miles
Rainow Primary School
Round Meadow, Rainow, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5UB
3.34 miles
Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School
Leek Road, Bosley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0NX
3.42 miles
Wincle CofE Primary School
Wincle, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0QH
3.69 miles
Bollington Cross CofE Primary School
Bollington Road, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5EG
3.83 miles
Bollington St John's CofE Primary School
Grimshaw Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5LY
3.96 miles
Dean Valley Community Primary School
Albert Road, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5HS
3.99 miles
Name Distance
The Macclesfield Academy
Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8JR
1.4 miles
Park Lane School
Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8JR
1.53 miles
All Hallows Catholic College
Brooklands Avenue, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8LB
1.86 miles
Tytherington School
Manchester Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 2EE
2.36 miles
Beech Hall School
Beech Hall Drive, Macclesfield, SK10 2EG
2.42 miles
Eden School
76 Chelford Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3LQ
2.93 miles
The Fallibroome Academy
Priory Lane, Upton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4AF
3.11 miles
The King's School In Macclesfield
Alderley Road, Macclesfield, SK10 4SP
3.61 miles

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Hollinhey Primary School is part of The Aspire Educational Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

What is Hollinhey Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hollinhey Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2017 of its predecessor, Hollinhey Primary School.

When was Hollinhey Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hollinhey Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Hollinhey Primary School have?

Hollinhey Primary School has 248 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hollinhey Primary School cover?

Hollinhey Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Hollinhey Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hollinhey Primary School?

Hollinhey Primary School is at Bell Avenue, Sutton Lane Ends, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0EE.

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