Beechwood Primary School and Nursery
About the school
Beechwood Primary School and Nursery is an open primary school in Cheshire East.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 27 January 2026
- Published
- 19 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 44%
- Cheshire East
- 65%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Cheshire East
- 7%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 56%
- Cheshire East
- 79%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 60%
- Cheshire East
- 75%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 67%
- Cheshire East
- 77%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 58%
- Cheshire East
- 77%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 16%
- Cheshire East
- 32%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 64%
- Cheshire East
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Cheshire East
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Cheshire East
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Cheshire East
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
490
Girls
47.14%
Boys
52.86%
SEN support
17.76%
Education, health and care plan
3.88%
English as an additional language
39.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
40.33%
Overall absence
4.5
Persistent absence
9.49