Secondary school

Middlewich High School

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  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Cheshire East
  • CW10 9BU
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Dec 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,410 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 74%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 76%76%2016/17: top 54%54% · 2016/172017/18: top 69%2018/19: top 73%2021/22: top 76%2022/23: top 85%2023/24: top 74%2024/25: top 74%No exams

Against North West

Attainment 841.2 · North West 44.44/10 Below
Grade 5+ English and maths34.3% · North West 40%4/10 Below−7.9 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.85 · North West 3.826/10 Middle+22.4 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.14 · North West −0.166/10 Middle+28.9 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.9 · 145 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 45.4 · 136 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 42.4 · 124 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 42.1 · 115 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 43.4 · 136 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 38.5 · 137 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 40.8 · 142 pupils · North West 442024/25: 41.2 · 134 pupils · North West 44.445.938.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 29% · 136 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 30% · 124 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 41% · 115 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 43% · 136 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 33% · 137 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 37.3% · 142 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 34.3% · 134 pupils · North West 40%43%29%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in83.3%
125 of 150 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 83.3%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st150125
2nd651
3rd390

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Goodas predecessor
  4. 2015Ungraded visitas predecessor
  5. 2019Remains Goodas predecessor
  6. 2022Good

3 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

1 weak areas

  • Behaviour and attitudes

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026665
Free school meals (past 6 years)25.3%
First language not English3.1%
SEN support12.0%
EHC plan7.7%
Absence (sessions missed)8.3%
Persistently absent pupils25.3%

Girls 52%Boys 48%

95% full · 700 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.6
Pupils per adult10.0
  • Classroom teachers 33.1
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 19
  • Other support 19

Teachers 40.1 FTE · Whole workforce 78.1 · 91 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£10,106
Spend per pupil£9,507
Staff spend per pupil£6,270
Reserve per pupil£455
  • +£308,000revenue reserve
  • +£406,000in-year balance

Grants £9,025 · self-generated £285 · premises £1,617 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE SIR JOHN BRUNNER FOUNDATION (4 academies) · trust reserve £6,202,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

142 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.8%
  • Education83.1%
  • Apprenticeship7%
  • Employment0.7%
  • Not sustained6.3%
  • Unknown2.8%