Main Road, Goostrey, Cheshire CW4 8PE
10 reasons to choose Goostrey Community Primary School
Top line
Goostrey Community Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Goostrey and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Goostrey Community Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2022) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Goostrey Community Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Goostrey Community Primary School ranks in the top 7% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 23% of schools. Most pupils go on to Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School at the end of Year 6.
The Goostrey Community Primary School curriculum
School curriculum is subject based, rather than topic-based, with some cross-curricular linking. It also includes PSHE, French. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 4.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Goostrey Community Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Goostrey Community Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir and brass ensemble. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am (school staff) to 6.00pm (external contractor).
Find another school near Goostrey Community Primary School
Terra Nova School (1.8 miles); The Ryleys School (7.4 miles); Alderley Edge School for Girls, Infants & Juniors (7.7 miles).
Holmes Chapel Primary School (3 miles); Chelford Church of England Primary School (4.7 miles); Lostock Gralam Church of England Primary School (6.1 miles).
Alderley Edge School for Girls (7.7 miles); The Grange School, Hartford (9.8 miles); Cransley School (10.2 miles).
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School (3.5 miles); Sandbach School (7.5 miles); Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College (7.6 miles).