Graded inspection · Feb 2020 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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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 entry225 applications · 92 places offered · 73 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2025 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2024 1.5; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2023 1.4; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2022 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as The Macclesfield Academy (URN 137064), Macclesfield High School (URN 111465), Ryles Park High School (URN 111403), 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 | 92 | 225 | 2.5 | 73 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 119 | 227 | 1.9 | 114 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 147 | 213 | 1.5 | 97 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2023 * | 180 | 246 | 1.4 | 134 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2022 * | 120 | 213 | 1.8 | 89 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2021 * | 112 | 221 | 2.0 | 93 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2020 * | 145 | 208 | 1.4 | 100 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2019 * | 142 | 236 | 1.7 | 113 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2018 * | 125 | 265 | 2.1 | 134 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 * | 118 | 209 | 1.8 | 108 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 114 | 191 | 1.7 | 109 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 * | 86 | 151 | 1.8 | 83 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 86 | 170 | 2.0 | 65 | 0.76 |
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.) | 113 | 46.2 | 39% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 123 | 42.7 | 34% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | – | ||||
| 2022/23 * | 118 | 40.0 | 33% | 54% | −0.57 |
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 Macclesfield AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20202.5applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Cheshire East20261.8applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Cheshire EastGood20222.4applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.0applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 12.0 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.1applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 12.9 km · Stockport20264.3applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 150483 · 895/4006
- Trust
- The Sir John Brunner Foundation
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 614 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 December 2023
- Replaced
- The Macclesfield Academy (URN 137064); Macclesfield High School (URN 111465); Ryles Park High School (URN 111403)
- Address
- Park Lane, Macclesfield, SK11 8JR
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources