Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 12 2020 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
137449
Address
Selkirk Drive, Holmes Chapel, CW4 7DX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1311 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
4%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.1%
Persistent absence
27.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.9%
Mixed 3.5%
Other White 2.2%
Chinese 2.2%
Other 1.3%
African 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.4
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.16
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
Health StudiesTechnical Award12
MultimediaTechnical Award38
Art & DesignGCSE58
BiologyGCSE78
Business Studies:SingleGCSE106
ChemistryGCSE78
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE40
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE237
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
255
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
229
2nd preference
130
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
229
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
17
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 classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
232
108
124
Year 8
240
135
105
Year 9
228
130
98
Year 10
226
116
110
Year 11
240
123
117
Year 12
68
34
34
Year 13
77
37
40
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
24.0%
37.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
35.0%
42.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
31.0%
6.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
63.0%
57.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
20.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.1%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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