Schools in Nantwich
Nantwich has 17 schools — 14 primaries and 2 secondaries — within Cheshire East Council's co-ordinated admissions scheme. Eleven of the 17 are academies, and 6 have a faith character, predominantly Church of England. Cheshire East co-ordinates maintained school admissions; secondary preferences are due in October with national offer day in March.
The two secondary schools, Brine Leas School and Malbank School and Sixth Form College, together serve virtually all of Nantwich's secondary-age pupils. Both are academies with their own oversubscription criteria — Brine Leas is mixed co-educational, while Malbank operates a sixth form providing post-16 provision for the wider area. Popular primaries in Nantwich town centre — particularly those close to the Weaver valley — can offer places to siblings and then prioritise distance, with last-offered distances at some schools falling below a mile in high-demand years.
School demand in Nantwich
Across the 15 schools in Nantwich with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 101%. 7 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Nantwich have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in Nantwich are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Cheshire East, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Nantwich have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Nantwich: 6 oversubscribed (14)
Sound and District Primary School
Primary · Community school
Nantwich · CW5 8AE
Wrenbury Primary School
Primary · Community school
Nantwich · CW5 8EN
Weaver Primary School
Primary · Community school
Nantwich · CW5 7AJ
Bridgemere CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Nantwich · CW5 7PX
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Nantwich · CW5 7DA
Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Nantwich · CW5 7QL
Pear Tree Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
NANTWICH · CW5 7GZ
Nantwich Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Nantwich · CW5 5LX
Willaston Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Nantwich · CW5 6QQ
St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Nantwich · CW5 6DP
Acton Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Nantwich · CW5 8LG
Highfields Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Nantwich · CW5 6HA
Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Nantwich · CW5 7NE
Millfields Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Nantwich · CW5 5HP
Secondary Schools in Nantwich (2)
Other Schools in Nantwich (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Nantwich are set by Cheshire East and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.