Report card · inspected Apr 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 2 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
- 26 November 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
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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 entry152 applications · 124 places offered · 95 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2025 1.4; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2023 1.1; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2022 1.1; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2021 1.2; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2020 1.0; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2019 1.1; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2018 1.3; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2017 1.3; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2016 1.4; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2015 1.4; Cheshire East median median 1.6
- 2014 1.2; 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 | 124 | 152 | 1.2 | 95 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2025 | 107 | 154 | 1.4 | 101 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 134 | 186 | 1.4 | 130 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 150 | 168 | 1.1 | 119 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2022 | 150 | 159 | 1.1 | 126 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2021 | 121 | 149 | 1.2 | 116 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 125 | 126 | 1.0 | 92 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2019 | 106 | 120 | 1.1 | 77 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2018 | 151 | 199 | 1.3 | 144 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 118 | 156 | 1.3 | 110 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 141 | 192 | 1.4 | 137 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 157 | 212 | 1.4 | 155 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 157 | 181 | 1.2 | 153 | 0.97 |
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.) | 114 | 27.4 | 10% | 25% | – |
| 2024/25 | 127 | 28.4 | 11% | 27% | – |
| 2023/24 | 113 | 29.6 | 15% | 32% | −0.90 |
| 2022/23 | 147 | 26.6 | 6% | 25% | −1.36 |
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
- Sir William Stanier SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSerious weaknesses 20261.2applications per place 27.4Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good202324.0Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade202431.6Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good · concerns noted20242.4applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Cheshire EastGood20242.2applications per place 32.6Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.8applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.6applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Cheshire EastGood20221.6applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139953 · 895/4000
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 633 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Sir William Stanier Community School (URN 135137)
- Address
- Coronation Street, Crewe, CW1 4EB
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources