Smallwood CofE Primary School is a primary academy in Sandbach, United Kingdom with 178 pupils, part of The Smallwood Academy Trust. Ofsted: Good, inspected 19 March 2019. As of 14 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Primary School Teacher Year 1 Temporary Maternity Cover from February 27 (closes 18 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Iestyn Lewis, Headteacher
Trust or group
The Smallwood Academy Trust
Type
Academy, Primary
Pupils
178 pupils · 50% girls · 6.7% eligible for free school meals · 3.4% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
31 (17.4%) on SEN support · 3 (1.7%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
We are looking for a colleague who will be a team player with high expectations of themselves, their colleagues and the children. We are looking to recruit an imaginative…
Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
43%
4%
2023/24
90%
14%
2022/23
74%
3%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
19 March 2019
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
10.0
17.8
–
0
£46,727
2024/25
8.0
22.9
0%
0
£43,084
2023/24
8.8
20.2
0%
0
£37,308
2022/23
7.8
23.2
13%
0
£38,166
2021/22
7.8
21.3
38%
0
£34,817
2020/21
7.6
20.5
13%
0
£37,215
Earlier years (2014/15 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
7.6
21.2
0%
0
£34,915
2018/19
7.1
23.1
7%
0
£36,336
2017/18
6.9
22.9
25%
0
£36,328
2016/17
6.7
24.5
14%
0
£34,600
2015/16
7.0
22.3
41%
0
£35,522
2014/15
6.7
20.0
0%
0
£35,402
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
3.7%
0.7%
8.2%
0.0%
2024/25
3.8%
0.8%
6.8%
0.0%
2023/24
4.9%
0.9%
10.0%
0.0%
2022/23
4.6%
0.7%
9.4%
0.0%
2021/22
6.7%
0.3%
21.1%
0.0%
2020/21
1.9%
0.1%
4.8%
0.0%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
2.5%
0.3%
3.5%
0.0%
2017/18
3.4%
0.2%
5.3%
0.0%
2016/17
3.0%
0.2%
4.2%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
1 past vacancy seen since May 2026: 1 teaching. Most often advertised: KS2 Classroom Teacher. Last advertised June 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.