Graded inspection · Apr 2024 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 |
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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 entry271 applications · 126 places offered · 113 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2025 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2024 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2023 1.2; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2022 1.2; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2020 1.2; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2019 1.4; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; Cheshire East median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as The Oaks Academy (URN 142472), Kings Grove School (URN 111442), the previous school.
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 | 126 | 271 | 2.2 | 113 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 111 | 218 | 2.0 | 93 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 97 | 201 | 2.1 | 89 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 157 | 187 | 1.2 | 68 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2022 | 124 | 154 | 1.2 | 72 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2021 | 96 | 155 | 1.6 | 79 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2020 | 96 | 112 | 1.2 | 43 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2019 * | 115 | 160 | 1.4 | 67 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2018 * | 89 | 171 | 1.9 | 77 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2017 * | 75 | 149 | 2.0 | 69 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 75 | 141 | 1.9 | 64 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2015 * | 116 | 197 | 1.7 | 109 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 65 | 165 | 2.5 | 55 | 0.85 |
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.) | 140 | 32.6 | 15% | 33% | – |
| 2024/25 | 84 | 35.4 | 20% | 48% | – |
| 2023/24 | 96 | 34.2 | 17% | 40% | −0.50 |
| 2022/23 | 64 | 33.0 | 9% | 25% | −0.70 |
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
- The Oaks AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.2applications per place 32.6Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.8applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good · concerns noted20242.4applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade202431.6Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good202324.0Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Cheshire EastSerious weaknesses 20261.2applications per place 27.4Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.6applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · Cheshire East20262.3applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Cheshire EastGood20222.1applications per place
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147654 · 895/4005
- Capacity
- 780 pupils · 681 on roll
- Free school meals
- 49.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2019
- Replaced
- The Oaks Academy (URN 142472); Kings Grove School (URN 111442)
- Address
- Buchan Grove, Crewe, CW2 7NQ
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources