Graded inspection · Oct 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 entry403 applications · 249 places offered · 250 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2025 1.5; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2024 1.6; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2023 1.5; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2022 1.5; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2019 1.5; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2018 1.5; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2017 1.4; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2016 1.4; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2015 1.5; Cheshire East median median 1.6
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 249 | 403 | 1.6 | 250 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 234 | 344 | 1.5 | 230 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 204 | 323 | 1.6 | 198 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 240 | 366 | 1.5 | 225 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 240 | 368 | 1.5 | 235 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 238 | 376 | 1.6 | 227 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 260 | 413 | 1.6 | 269 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 240 | 366 | 1.5 | 235 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 238 | 350 | 1.5 | 230 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 271 | 366 | 1.4 | 264 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 250 | 347 | 1.4 | 238 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 215 | 314 | 1.5 | 212 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 184 | 294 | 1.6 | 177 | 0.96 |
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.) | 218 | 54.3 | 62% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 238 | 55.6 | 59% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 216 | 52.6 | 58% | 79% | +0.48 |
| 2022/23 | 219 | 55.2 | 57% | 79% | +0.43 |
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
- Sandbach High School and Sixth Form CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.6applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Cheshire EastSerious weaknesses 20261.2applications per place 27.4Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.7applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good202324.0Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade202431.6Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · Cheshire EastGood20222.0applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good · concerns noted20242.4applications per place 45.2Attainment 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
- 136340 · 895/4123
- Trust
- Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,426 pupils · 1,340 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2010
- Replaced
- Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College (URN 111406)
- Address
- Middlewich Road, Sandbach, CW11 3NT
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources