Rushton CofE First School
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Rushton CofE First School is a converter academy in Macclesfield for boys and girls aged 3 to 9. It has 47 pupils, 12 more than it has places for. About 2 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 94 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 98% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Sugar Street, Macclesfield, SK11 0SG01260 226303rps.ttlt.org.ukMrs Sarah Cockersole headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 13 May 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
The school is full, with 6 more pupils than it has places for. More families apply than can get in, so things like how close you live and whether an older brother or sister is already here decide who gets a place. Pupil numbers have grown by 14% since 2021/22, so places are getting harder to come by.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Staffordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 18.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 14.0 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), emotional and mental health (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 47 | 44 | 42 | 41 | 36 | 37 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 2% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 8% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 9% | 17% | 10% | 3% | 3% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 5% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 5.8% | 2.3% | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 4.5% | 1.4% | 2.1% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.8% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 6.1% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 11.4% | 2.9% | 8.8% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 2.3 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Rushton CofE (C) Primary School, the school this one replaced in April 2019. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horton St Michael's CofE First School | Academy | 2.3 miles | 54 | Good 2024 | 18 | Compare |
| Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School | Academy | 2.4 miles | 53 | Good 2023 | 51 | Compare |
| Wincle CofE Primary School | Church of England | 2.5 miles | 64 | Good 2023 | 89 | Compare |
| Moor First School | Foundation | 3.2 miles | 58 | No overall grade 2025 | 68 | Compare |
| Woodhouse Academy | Academy | 3.7 miles | 402 | Good 2023 | 73 | Compare |
| Oxhey First School | Academy | 3.9 miles | 241 | Outstanding 2023 | 97 | Compare |
| Mossley CofE Primary School | Academy | 4.0 miles | 413 | Good 2019 | 74 | Compare |
| Westwood First School | Academy | 4.3 miles | 251 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Rushton CofE First School with the 45 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 45 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 94 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 94% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 82 to 98. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | above | +0.47 | Ofsted grade, 1.3 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | above | +0.13 | results and attendance rising year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | above | +0.24 | 2024/25; 33 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Rushton CofE First School a good school?
Yes, going by the figures. Rushton CofE First School scores 94 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 98% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 82 to 98, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
What is Rushton CofE First School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rushton CofE First School not judged at its last full inspection on 13 May 2025.
How many pupils does Rushton CofE First School have?
47 pupils aged 3 to 9 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 35 places, so it is 134% full.
Is Rushton CofE First School oversubscribed?
Probably. The school was full in 2024/25, with 6 more pupils than places. How close you live, and the school's other admissions rules, decide who gets in.
What is attendance like at Rushton CofE First School?
Pupils were in school 96.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 6% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Rushton CofE First School?
The average class had 15.7 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Sugar Street, Macclesfield, SK11 0SG
- Telephone
- 01260 226303
- Website
- www.rps.ttlt.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Cockersole
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-9, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England, Diocese of Lichfield
- Multi-academy trust
- The Talentum Learning Trust (9 schools)
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward
- Horton
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2019 (academy converter)
- URN
- 146594 · LAESTAB 8603103 · UKPRN 10081949
- Formerly
- Rushton CofE (C) Primary School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.