Secondary
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
Middlewich Road, Sandbach, CW11 3NT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 1340 of 1426 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.0
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- SANDBACH HIGH SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM COLLEGE
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 122.3
- Pupils per adult
- 11.4
- Pupils
- 1,391
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 October 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
59%
55.6
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.06 |
| Entered the EBacc | 74% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| A level average points per entry | 33.94 |
| A level students | 106 |
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 | 62% |
| 22/23 | 57% |
| 23/24 | 58% |
| 24/25 | 59% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.1 |
| 22/23 | 36.0 |
| 23/24 | 36.7 |
| 24/25 | 33.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.55 |
| 22/23 | +0.43 |
| 23/24 | +0.48 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 58.0 |
| 22/23 | 55.2 |
| 23/24 | 52.6 |
| 24/25 | 55.6 |
Middlewich Road, Sandbach, CW11 3NT
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
- Ellen Walton
- Address
- Middlewich Road, Sandbach, CW11 3NT
- Telephone
- 01270765031