Sir William Stanier School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Inadequate
Nov 26 2024 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
688 (67% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
21.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.3%
Persistent absence
41.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.4%
Other White 14.2%
Mixed 6.8%
Unclassified 2.3%
Other Asian 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Indian 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 4%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 11%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 28.4
Local authority average 47
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.16
Local authority average 4.09
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award11
Art & DesignGCSE28
BiologyGCSE35
Business Studies:SingleGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE122
English LiteratureGCSE121
FrenchGCSE23
GeographyGCSE15
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Sir William Stanier School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
107
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
101
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
17
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
101
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes20.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
146
59
87
Year 8
147
84
63
Year 9
154
83
71
Year 10
114
58
56
Year 11
127
58
69
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
70.0%
87.8%
85.5%
Further education
68.0%
40.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
40.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
6.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
4.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
7.0%
2.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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