Sir William Stanier School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 2 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire East
Unique reference
139953
Address
Coronation Street, CW1 4EB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
693 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
22.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.7%
Persistent absence
44.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
33.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69%
Other White 17.6%
Unclassified 6.1%
Mixed 3.4%
Gypsy/Roma 1.2%
Other Asian 1%
African 0.9%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
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
-1.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 6%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 26.6
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.06
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
Art & DesignGCSE28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE111
English LiteratureGCSE108
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE1
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Sir William Stanier Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
134
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
130
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
26
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
130
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
147
84
63
Year 8
161
83
78
Year 9
146
75
71
Year 10
120
54
66
Year 11
119
54
65
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
66.0%
87.4%
85.6%
Further education
65.0%
37.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
42.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
6.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
12.0%
4.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
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

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