Middlewich Road, Holmes Chapel, Crewe, Cheshire CW4 7EB
10 reasons to choose Holmes Chapel Primary School
Top line
Holmes Chapel Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Crewe and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Holmes Chapel Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 11 members of The Aspire Educational Trust. Though Ofsted no longer makes an an overall effectiveness judgement, its graded judgements imply a Good rating for the school in its last (2025) inspection.
Average class size
Holmes Chapel Primary School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 31 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Holmes Chapel Primary School ranks in the top 36% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress scores are around the national average. At the end of Year 6 most pupils transfer to Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School.
The Holmes Chapel Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Subjects are taught separately with some cross-curricular linking. The school offers each child a handful of 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 5.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Holmes Chapel Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Holmes Chapel Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Holmes Chapel Primary School
Terra Nova School (3.2 miles); The Ryleys School (9.7 miles); Alderley Edge School for Girls, Infants & Juniors (10 miles).
Goostrey Community Primary School (3 miles); Lostock Gralam Church of England Primary School (6.3 miles); Wimboldsley Community Primary School (6.3 miles).
The Grange School, Hartford (10 miles); Alderley Edge School for Girls (10 miles); Cransley School (10.4 miles).
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School (0.6 miles); Sandbach School (5.3 miles); Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College (5.4 miles).