Wilmslow High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 9 2019 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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire East
Unique reference
111443
Address
Holly Road, SK9 1LZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2196 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
8.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.9%
Persistent absence
20.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.4%
Unclassified 6.6%
Mixed 5.7%
Other White 3.6%
Pakistani 2.5%
Chinese 2%
Other 1.5%
Indian 0.9%
Other Asian 0.6%
African 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.7
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.39
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award35
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
Sports StudiesTechnical Award35
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE35
Art & DesignGCSE38
BiologyGCSE77
Business Studies:SingleGCSE96
ChemistryGCSE77
ChineseGCSE2
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Wilmslow High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
360
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
417
2nd preference
96
3rd preference
64
From another Local Authority
76
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
346
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
350
189
161
Year 8
352
201
151
Year 9
358
194
164
Year 10
345
166
179
Year 11
346
189
157
Year 12
234
129
105
Year 13
211
103
108
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
87.4%
85.6%
Further education
23.0%
37.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
62.0%
42.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
3.0%
6.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
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
77.0%
57.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
42.0%
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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