Brine Leas School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 18 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire East
Unique reference
136279
Address
Audlem Road, CW5 7DY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1411 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.4%
Persistent absence
15.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81%
Unclassified 7.5%
Mixed 3.8%
Other White 3.7%
Chinese 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
African 0.9%
Other 0.6%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 47%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.7
Local authority average 47
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.36
Local authority average 4.09
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award14
Sports StudiesTechnical Award8
Art & DesignGCSE23
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE16
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE77
Business Studies:SingleGCSE69
ChemistryGCSE77
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE7
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Brine Leas School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
211
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
200
2nd preference
187
3rd preference
62
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
200
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
222
106
116
Year 8
224
113
111
Year 9
229
114
115
Year 10
221
117
104
Year 11
229
123
106
Year 12
132
64
68
Year 13
151
83
68
Year 14
3
2
1
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
87.8%
85.5%
Further education
34.0%
40.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
50.0%
40.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
6.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
SP
2.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
49.6%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
13.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
3.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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