Ruskin Community High School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Cheshire East
Ruskin Road, Crewe, CW2 7JT
60
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
No graded inspection
Application demand
93%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.9%
24.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
713
Capacity used
Over capacity107%
666 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
93%
1st preference success rate
138 of 148 families who put it first got an offer
150
Places offered
295
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 148 | 138 | ● 93% |
| 2nd preference | 94 | 12 | ● 13% |
| 3rd preference | 53 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 295 | 150 | 51% |
1st preference success by year
Cheshire East lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Dean Postlethwaite
- Address
- Ruskin Road, Crewe, CW2 7JT
- Phone
- 01270560514
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Ward / constituency
- Crewe South · Crewe and Nantwich
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 111417
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 29% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
713 pupils · 666 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
19 June 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 742 pupils
Attendance
90.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.22 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 31% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.66 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 26.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 47.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 35.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.16 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 134 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 128 | 9% | 30% | 55% | |
| English Language | 128 | 16% | 55% | 67% | |
| Combined Science | 127 | 7% | 28% | 43% | |
| English Literature | 123 | 11% | 43% | 63% | |
| Art and Design | 65 | 23% | 48% | 60% | |
| Business | 49 | 10% | 29% | 37% | |
| History | 45 | 22% | 47% | 53% | |
| Geography | 44 | 2% | 16% | 32% | |
| Spanish | 35 | 3% | 29% | 46% | |
| Social Studies | 26 | 0% | 23% | 42% | |
| Religious Studies | 22 | 18% | 59% | 68% | |
| Design & Technology | 19 | 0% | 26% | 26% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Cheshire East council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.