Graded inspection · Jan 2023 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 |
Inspection history
- 17 January 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 15 September 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry433 applications · 252 places offered · 245 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2025 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2024 1.6; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2023 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2022 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2021 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2020 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2019 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2018 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2017 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2016 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2015 1.5; Cheshire East median median 1.6
- 2014 1.5; 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 | 252 | 433 | 1.7 | 245 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 262 | 434 | 1.7 | 259 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 247 | 402 | 1.6 | 243 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 265 | 511 | 1.9 | 320 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2022 | 265 | 465 | 1.8 | 299 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 265 | 519 | 2.0 | 291 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 | 264 | 468 | 1.8 | 274 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2019 | 263 | 463 | 1.8 | 281 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 248 | 444 | 1.8 | 280 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 234 | 442 | 1.9 | 302 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2016 | 235 | 420 | 1.8 | 257 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2015 | 240 | 370 | 1.5 | 240 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 221 | 331 | 1.5 | 220 | 1.00 |
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.) | 256 | 48.6 | 43% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 257 | 51.9 | 52% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 254 | 50.2 | 55% | 75% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 248 | 48.8 | 46% | 74% | +0.01 |
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
- Alsager SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.7applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20241.4applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · StaffordshireGood20231.8applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · Cheshire EastGood20221.6applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · Staffordshire20261.5applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · Cheshire EastSerious weaknesses 20261.2applications per place 27.4Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · Staffordshire20261.6applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good202324.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140108 · 895/4121
- Trust
- The Cornovii Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,575 pupils · 1,528 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Alsager School (URN 111404)
- Address
- Hassall Road, Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 2HR
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources