September 2025 school place allocations
School place allocations are decided by the admission authority for each school following the dates in the school applications timetable.
Overall school place allocation statistics for September 2025
Primary school allocations
- 93.6% of Cheshire East residents were offered a place at their first preference primary school
- 98.9% were offered a place at one of their three preferred primary schools
- Total number of applications – 4,097
- Applications from Cheshire East residents - 3,880
Secondary school allocations
- 94.8% of Cheshire East residents were offered a place at their first preference secondary school.
- 97.9% were offered a place at one of their three preferred secondary schools.
- Total number of applications - 4,914
- Applications from Cheshire East residents - 4,203
Allocations by school for September 2025 admissions
You can check last year's allocation details to see:
- each school's published admissions number (PAN) (schools can choose to take more children than the PAN as long as they do not have infant classes of more than 30)
- the number of children each school took - if a school took fewer children than its published admissions number (PAN), then it will have offered a place to every child who applied.
- the lowest criteria from each school's admissions policy used in allocating places - if, for example, the lowest criteria was 3, then all children who met criteria numbers 1 and 2, got a place; some or all who met criteria number 3 got a place, but no child who only met any criteria lower than 3 got a place (note last year's policy may have different criteria to this year's)
- the furthest distance away any child lived who got a place (as measured in a straight line (in miles) between school and home using the National Land and Property Gazetteer) - the school may have turned down children who lived further away or they may not have had any applications from children who lived further away
Primary school allocations 2025
Where a school offered more places than the published admissions number, the school has been highlighted.
Secondary school allocations 2025
Where a school offered more places than the published admissions number, the school has been highlighted.