Secondary
Brine Leas School
Audlem Road, Nantwich, CW5 7DY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1417 of 1350 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE CORNOVII TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 106.4
- Pupils per adult
- 13.5
- Pupils
- 1,440
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2022
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
53%
49.7
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.36 |
| Entered the EBacc | 47% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| A level average points per entry | 36.22 |
| A level students | 148 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 72% |
| 22/23 | 64% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 53% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.0 |
| 22/23 | 36.4 |
| 23/24 | 32.8 |
| 24/25 | 36.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.30 |
| 22/23 | 0.00 |
| 23/24 | -0.07 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 56.3 |
| 22/23 | 50.7 |
| 23/24 | 48.9 |
| 24/25 | 49.7 |
Audlem Road, Nantwich, CW5 7DY
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Cheshire East admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Paul Whitehead
- Address
- Audlem Road, Nantwich, CW5 7DY
- Telephone
- 01270625663