Malbank School and Sixth Form College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire East
Unique reference
111419
Address
Welsh Row, CW5 5HD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1234 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
46.6%
Girls
53.4%
First language not English
8%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.9%
Persistent absence
30.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.5%
Other White 6.2%
Mixed 3.9%
African 1.4%
Unclassified 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.5
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.63
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award46
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
Health StudiesTechnical Award35
Art & DesignGCSE38
BiologyGCSE36
ChemistryGCSE36
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE197
English LiteratureGCSE195
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Malbank School and Sixth Form College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
220
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
215
2nd preference
190
3rd preference
89
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
215
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
259
139
120
Year 8
233
108
125
Year 9
236
110
126
Year 10
198
88
110
Year 11
197
78
119
Year 12
71
32
39
Year 13
40
20
20
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
87.4%
85.6%
Further education
55.0%
37.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
26.0%
42.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
6.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
68.0%
57.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
20.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.1%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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