Secondary
Sandbach School
Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 3NS
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1534 of 1500 places
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- SANDBACH SCHOOL
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
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)Earlier inspections1
June 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
50%
48.2
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4 |
| Entered the EBacc | 17% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| A level average points per entry | 33.21 |
| A level students | 100 |
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 | 55% |
| 22/23 | 49% |
| 23/24 | 48% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.2 |
| 22/23 | 33.2 |
| 23/24 | 35.2 |
| 24/25 | 33.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.09 |
| 22/23 | -0.03 |
| 23/24 | +0.28 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.6 |
| 22/23 | 48.7 |
| 23/24 | 47.7 |
| 24/25 | 48.2 |
Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 3NS
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
- Sarah Burns
- Address
- Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 3NS
- Telephone
- 01270758870