The Wilmslow Academy

Academy converterPrimaryAges 2–11Mixed

Handforth Road, Wilmslow, SK9 2LX

Headteacher · Mrs C Johnson

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 14 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils389Capacity 420

OfstedImproved significantlyInspected 11 December 2024

TrustThe Aspire Educational Trust

Free school meals19.9%

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 11 December 2024.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Cheshire East council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 30 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered45

Applications73

First choice30

First-choice offers30

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).