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Cheshire East Named the Easiest Place in England to Grow Up
Cheshire East scored 730 out of 960, top of 153 councils in the Children's Commissioner's Childhood Lottery. Slow EHCPs and social worker churn drag it down.
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Macclesfield
Macclesfield Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term Is 26 October
Fallibroome, King's, Tytherington and Wilmslow High term dates beside the council's: back after half term on 2 November, Christmas from 18 December, INSET days.
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King's School Macclesfield opens £5m pavilion left in a will
A vet who captained the 1943-44 rugby team left King's his estate. The £5m pavilion it paid for opened this month, with 20-plus local clubs on the pitches.
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Alsager SEND school judged Strong in all six Ofsted areas
TILT Education in Alsager, open barely a year and teaching 12 pupils, was judged Strong in every graded area at its first Ofsted inspection on 14 July.
Cheshire East
Cheshire East budget balanced only by £25m government help
Cheshire East's Q1 forecast balances only after spending all £24.995m of emergency government support, and its finance officer calls the assurance qualified.
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Macclesfield GCSE results 2026: Cheshire East reports 66%
Cheshire East says 66% of pupils passed GCSE English and maths, below the 67.8% in its last official figures. No Macclesfield state school published a number.