Middlewich High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 13 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
148693
Address
King Edward Street, CW10 9BU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
703 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.1%
Girls
50.9%
First language not English
3.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.2%
Persistent absence
29.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.2%
Other White 3%
Mixed 1%
African 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.54
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 83%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.5
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.65
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE46
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE25
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE133
English LiteratureGCSE130
FrenchGCSE58
GeographyGCSE69
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Middlewich High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
123
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
111
2nd preference
76
3rd preference
30
From another Local Authority
94
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
111
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
58
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 classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
144
79
65
Year 8
135
63
72
Year 9
145
66
79
Year 10
137
69
68
Year 11
142
68
74
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
66.0%
37.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
44.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
16.0%
5.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
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

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