Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C68
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sandbach, CW11 3NT
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Sandbach School
Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 3NS
Local ranking9th of 22 secondary schools in Cheshire East
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Boys
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 17.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 232
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 59.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
100
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 308
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1499
- Boys
- 1443 (96%)
- Girls
- 56 (4%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (100% full)
- SEND
- 15.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.8%
- EAL
- 6.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 96.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,407/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.9%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Other: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
87.9%
White British
4.6%
White Other
1.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Crewe Road
Sandbach, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 137491
- UKPRN
- 10024776
- Establishment No.
- 6010
- Trust
- SANDBACH SCHOOL
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