Sandbach School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire East
Unique reference
137491
Address
Crewe Road, CW11 3NS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1507 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
96.8%
Girls
3.2%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.7%
Persistent absence
18.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.9%
Unclassified 4.6%
Other White 4.4%
Mixed 3.1%
Chinese 0.6%
Other Asian 0.5%
African 0.5%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.03
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 49%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.7
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.1
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award9
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE42
Business Studies:SingleGCSE94
ChemistryGCSE40
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE13
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
Design & TechnologyGCSE64
English LanguageGCSE230
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sandbach School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
221
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
218
2nd preference
94
3rd preference
41
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
218
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
245
245
0
Year 8
233
233
0
Year 9
263
263
0
Year 10
237
237
0
Year 11
263
263
0
Year 12
133
120
13
Year 13
133
98
35
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
37.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
56.0%
44.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
5.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
63.0%
51.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
17.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
14.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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