Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Cheshire East
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 10 March 2026Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
- 4 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry454 applications · 226 places offered · 244 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2025 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2024 2.2; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2023 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2022 2.4; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2021 2.7; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2020 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2019 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2018 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2017 2.5; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2016 2.6; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2015 2.6; Cheshire East median median 1.6
- 2014 2.5; 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 | 226 | 454 | 2.0 | 244 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2025 | 229 | 429 | 1.9 | 239 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 220 | 483 | 2.2 | 258 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2023 | 220 | 455 | 2.1 | 212 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 222 | 541 | 2.4 | 265 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2021 | 220 | 597 | 2.7 | 222 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 279 | 565 | 2.0 | 237 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 268 | 525 | 2.0 | 188 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2018 | 255 | 532 | 2.1 | 192 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2017 | 217 | 536 | 2.5 | 157 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2016 | 227 | 595 | 2.6 | 163 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2015 | 220 | 573 | 2.6 | 136 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2014 | 248 | 618 | 2.5 | 157 | 0.63 |
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.) | 214 | 52.9 | 63% | 80% | – |
| 2024/25 | 212 | 54.9 | 68% | 85% | – |
| 2023/24 | 187 | 54.2 | 67% | 86% | −0.03 |
| 2022/23 | 187 | 52.7 | 58% | 77% | +0.05 |
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
- Knutsford AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20231.4applications per place 32.2Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · TraffordOutstanding20222.3applications per place 79.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 8.8 km · Trafford20253.1applications per place 72.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 9.0 km · TraffordOutstanding20222.1applications per place 77.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 9.8 km · TraffordOutstanding20222.8applications per place 75.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 9.9 km · TraffordStandards maintained20246.0applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 10.0 km · TraffordGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 10.0 km · Trafford20265.7applications per place 47.0Attainment 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
- 138002 · 895/4163
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,606 pupils · 1,429 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2012
- Replaced
- Knutsford High School (URN 111427)
- Address
- Bexton Road, Knutsford, WA16 0EA
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources