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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 |
Inspection history
- 29 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 11 February 2020Graded inspection: 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 entry382 applications · 187 places offered · 173 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2025 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2024 1.6; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2021 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2020 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2019 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2017 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2016 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2015 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.6
- 2014 2.1; 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 | 187 | 382 | 2.0 | 173 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 240 | 423 | 1.8 | 238 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 255 | 413 | 1.6 | 229 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 241 | 404 | 1.7 | 216 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 240 | 413 | 1.7 | 225 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 224 | 441 | 2.0 | 215 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 240 | 452 | 1.9 | 241 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 210 | 420 | 2.0 | 245 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 | 207 | 413 | 2.0 | 219 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2017 | 217 | 359 | 1.7 | 230 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2016 | 209 | 369 | 1.8 | 206 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 | 203 | 395 | 2.0 | 218 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 200 | 411 | 2.1 | 246 | 1.23 |
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.) | 226 | 49.4 | 48% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 230 | 48.2 | 44% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 239 | 50.2 | 56% | 76% | −0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 208 | 51.4 | 53% | 77% | −0.18 |
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
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · Cheshire EastGood20222.0applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Cheshire EastGood20221.6applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 8.8 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.1applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 10.1 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20231.4applications per place 32.2Attainment 8
- 10.5 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.3applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · Cheshire EastSerious weaknesses 20261.2applications per place 27.4Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · Cheshire West and ChesterSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 32.0Attainment 8
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- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137449 · 895/4165
- Trust
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School & Sixth Form College
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,395 pupils · 1,311 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School (URN 111428)
- Address
- Selkirk Drive, Holmes Chapel, Crewe, CW4 7DX
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources