Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Cheshire East
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry556 applications · 235 places offered · 273 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2025 2.4; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2024 2.5; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2023 2.5; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2022 2.5; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2021 2.5; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2020 2.3; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2019 2.4; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2018 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2017 2.2; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2016 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2015 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.6
- 2014 2.2; Cheshire East median median 1.6
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 235 | 556 | 2.4 | 273 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2025 | 240 | 563 | 2.4 | 268 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2024 | 240 | 598 | 2.5 | 290 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2023 | 240 | 588 | 2.5 | 294 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2022 | 240 | 599 | 2.5 | 273 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2021 | 240 | 597 | 2.5 | 302 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2020 | 240 | 541 | 2.3 | 266 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 | 239 | 572 | 2.4 | 317 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 | 238 | 505 | 2.1 | 254 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 | 238 | 512 | 2.2 | 291 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2016 | 239 | 482 | 2.0 | 267 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2015 | 238 | 456 | 1.9 | 243 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 | 237 | 510 | 2.2 | 278 | 1.17 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 239 | 51.7 | 56% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 240 | 53.4 | 56% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 241 | 55.6 | 64% | 83% | +0.56 |
| 2022/23 | 240 | 53.9 | 58% | 78% | +0.45 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Fallibroome AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.4applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Cheshire East20261.8applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Cheshire EastRequires improvement20202.5applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.0applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 10.3 km · Stockport20264.3applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · StockportGood20233.2applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136278 · 895/5401
- Trust
- Halliard Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,538 pupils · 1,532 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2010
- Replaced
- Fallibroome High School (URN 111464)
- Address
- Priory Lane, Upton, Macclesfield, SK10 4AF
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources