Graded inspection · Jun 2022 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 |
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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 entry490 applications · 232 places offered · 218 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2025 2.2; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2024 2.3; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2022 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.2; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 2.2; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; 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 Malbank School and Sixth Form College (URN 111419), 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 | 232 | 490 | 2.1 | 218 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 * | 212 | 460 | 2.2 | 207 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 * | 220 | 494 | 2.3 | 215 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 * | 256 | 461 | 1.8 | 196 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2022 * | 200 | 405 | 2.0 | 167 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2021 * | 193 | 414 | 2.2 | 151 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 * | 166 | 363 | 2.2 | 138 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 * | 176 | 377 | 2.1 | 145 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2018 * | 202 | 424 | 2.1 | 168 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 * | 176 | 361 | 2.1 | 140 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2016 * | 198 | 407 | 2.1 | 162 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 * | 203 | 407 | 2.0 | 172 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 * | 184 | 362 | 2.0 | 152 | 0.83 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Malbank School and Sixth Form CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.1applications per place
- 1.9 km · Cheshire East20262.3applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20232.6applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.8applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Cheshire EastGood20242.2applications per place 32.6Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good · concerns noted20242.4applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade202431.6Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good202324.0Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · Cheshire EastSerious weaknesses 20261.2applications per place 27.4Attainment 8
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 152168 · 895/4143
- Trust
- The Cornovii Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,384 pupils · 1,289 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2026
- Replaced
- Malbank School and Sixth Form College (URN 111419)
- Address
- Welsh Row, Nantwich, CW5 5HD
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources