Madeley High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 4 2019 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
Staffordshire
Unique reference
140154
Address
Newcastle Road, Madeley, CW3 9JJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
769 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
2.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.7%
Persistent absence
14.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.4%
Mixed 3.4%
Unclassified 2.9%
Other White 1.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
African 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.4
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.44
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award19
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE139
English LiteratureGCSE138
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Madeley High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
155
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
171
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
14
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 classes24
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
171
91
80
Year 8
160
73
87
Year 9
165
78
87
Year 10
133
72
61
Year 11
140
80
60
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
71.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
5.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
11.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Nearby schools