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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 26 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 17 January 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Madeley High School, URN 124410
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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 entry321 applications · 159 places offered · 181 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2025 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2018 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.6
- 2014 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- This school
- Staffordshire 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 | 159 | 321 | 2.0 | 181 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2025 | 155 | 294 | 1.9 | 171 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 167 | 296 | 1.8 | 192 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 | 152 | 288 | 1.9 | 181 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2022 | 168 | 279 | 1.7 | 182 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 139 | 241 | 1.7 | 130 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 145 | 227 | 1.6 | 131 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 134 | 205 | 1.5 | 124 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 149 | 208 | 1.4 | 142 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 120 | 163 | 1.4 | 108 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 | 133 | 182 | 1.4 | 120 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 | 133 | 189 | 1.4 | 138 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 | 135 | 205 | 1.5 | 142 | 1.05 |
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.) | 130 | 48.6 | 52% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 140 | 49.5 | 55% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 126 | 53.8 | 65% | 83% | +0.30 |
| 2022/23 | 135 | 50.4 | 59% | 77% | +0.17 |
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
- Madeley High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20252.0applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Staffordshire20261.5applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · StaffordshireGood20232.1applications per place 31.9Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · Staffordshire20261.6applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · StaffordshireRequires improvement20232.2applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · StaffordshireGood20241.9applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · StaffordshireGood20241.8applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 9.2 km · Stoke-on-Trent20261.9applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · Stoke-on-TrentGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 63.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 140154 · 860/4090
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 675 pupils · 779 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Madeley High School (URN 124410)
- Address
- Newcastle Road, Madeley, Crewe, CW3 9JJ
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources