Primary
Cranberry Academy
Cranberry Lane, Alsager, ST7 2LE
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 434 of 446 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- ST BART'S MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 30.8
- Pupils per adult
- 13.9
- Pupils
- 428
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
April 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
October 2019
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
58%
7 points below the Cheshire East average (65% across 114 schools)
104.0
2.2 below the Cheshire East average (106.2 across 114 schools)
99th of 114 by our score, among the primary schools in Cheshire East we can score - 123 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 58% |
| Working at a higher standard | 8% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 71% |
| 23/24 | 65% |
| 24/25 | 58% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
Cranberry Lane, Alsager, ST7 2LE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Cheshire East admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Lucie Smith
- Address
- Cranberry Lane, Alsager, ST7 2LE
- Telephone
- 01270902054