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Brine Leas School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,417Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136279URN

Audlem Road, Nantwich, CW5 7DY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.3 above Cheshire East median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cheshire East

492 applications for 212 places · 6th of 21 in Cheshire East
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.2of 90
8th of 21 in Cheshire East
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 16 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 19 May 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.3 above Cheshire East median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

492 applications · 212 places offered · 204 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.3; Cheshire East median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.3; Cheshire East median median 1.7
  5. 2022 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.4; Cheshire East median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.3; Cheshire East median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.2; Cheshire East median median 1.7
  11. 2016 2.3; Cheshire East median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Cheshire East median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262124922.32040.96
Sep 20252114492.12000.95
Sep 20242154842.32110.98
Sep 20232174922.32401.11
Sep 20222455252.12621.07
Sep 20212195342.42631.20
Sep 20202455102.12741.12
Sep 20192394672.02451.03
Sep 20182144842.32411.13
Sep 20172234892.22701.21
Sep 20162124802.32551.20
Sep 20152364742.02611.11
Sep 20142084232.02491.20

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

222 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.28th of 21 in Cheshire East
Grade 5 or above in English and maths54%5th of 21 in Cheshire East
Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%
  • This school
  • Cheshire East median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.07
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22250.254%79%–
2024/2522849.753%77%–
2023/2422448.953%77%−0.07
2022/2321450.765%80%0.00

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

  • 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
136279 · 895/4220
Trust
The Cornovii Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,350 pupils · 1,417 on roll
Free school meals
14.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
2 September 2010
Replaced
Brine Leas High School (URN 111439)
Address
Audlem Road, Nantwich, CW5 7DY
Local authority
Cheshire East

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources