Cheshire Studio School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 1 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire East
Unique reference
140813
Address
West Street, C/O the Learning Partnership, Crewe Utc, CW1 2PZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
55 (40% of total capacity)
Boys
60.0%
Girls
40.0%
First language not English
0%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.2%
Persistent absence
50.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
30.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.9%
Mixed 3.6%
Unclassified 3.6%
Other Black 1.8%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 0%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 24
Local authority average 47
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 1.68
Local authority average 4.09
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award8
TourismTechnical Award2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE2
English LanguageGCSE20
English LiteratureGCSE19
GeographyGCSE1
HistoryGCSE1
MathematicsGCSE20
MusicGCSE1
Science: Double AwardGCSE19
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes3.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 11
22
15
7
Year 13
33
18
15
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
63.0%
87.8%
85.5%
Further education
54.0%
40.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
8.0%
40.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
6.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
17.0%
4.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
13.0%
2.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
36.0%
49.6%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
13.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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