Wilmslow High School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Cheshire East
Holly Road, Wilmslow, SK9 1LZ
75
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
81%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.1%
20.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
2,227
Capacity used
Over capacity113%
1,977 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
81%
1st preference success rate
351 of 431 families who put it first got an offer
360
Places offered
590
Total applications
1.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 431 | 351 | ● 81% |
| 2nd preference | 82 | 7 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 46 | 2 | ● 4% |
| Later preferences | 31 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 590 | 360 | 61% |
1st preference success by year
Cheshire East lets families list 3 preferences. 78 applications came from outside the council area (7 offered). 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
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Christina Kane
- Address
- Holly Road, Wilmslow, SK9 1LZ
- Phone
- 01625526191
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Ward / constituency
- Wilmslow East · Tatton
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 111443
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 14% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
2,227 pupils · 1,977 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
08 January 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,782 pupils
Attendance
92.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.8%
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 | 52.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.16 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 73% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.60 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.72 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 53.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 75.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 33.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.52 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 341 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.73 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 17.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 216 | — |
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 | 337 | 27% | 60% | 81% | |
| English Language | 335 | 25% | 64% | 80% | |
| English Literature | 314 | 29% | 71% | 83% | |
| Combined Science | 249 | 14% | 46% | 65% | |
| History | 139 | 43% | 72% | 83% | |
| Geography | 139 | 26% | 56% | 73% | |
| Social Studies | 114 | 33% | 74% | 82% | |
| German | 87 | 40% | 79% | 93% | |
| Art and Design | 85 | 20% | 67% | 85% | |
| Biology | 82 | 57% | 93% | 99% | |
| Physics | 82 | 60% | 88% | 99% | |
| Chemistry | 82 | 55% | 87% | 98% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 56 | 11% | 39% | 64% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 52 | 2% | 8% | 29% | |
| Economics | 51 | 2% | 25% | 51% | |
| Business Studies | 51 | 6% | 14% | 33% | |
| Sociology | 46 | 13% | 35% | 67% | |
| Psychology | 43 | 5% | 14% | 35% | |
| Biology | 38 | 11% | 45% | 71% | |
| Chemistry | 37 | 8% | 41% | 59% | |
| Physics | 29 | 14% | 24% | 52% | |
| History | 25 | 12% | 44% | 76% | |
| English Literature | 24 | 0% | 29% | 50% | |
| English Language | 22 | 0% | 14% | 36% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #124 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10297: Wilmslow High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 15 |
| Offers | 6 |
| Success rate | 40% |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 66% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 68% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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.