The Winsford Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Cheshire West and Chester
Grange Lane, Winsford, CW7 2BT
42
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 15/07/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
83.3%
45.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
945
Capacity used
Has space72%
1,312 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
144 of 144 families who put it first got an offer
147
Places offered
179
Total applications
1.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 144 | 144 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 22 | 2 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 13 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 179 | 146 | 82% |
1st preference success by year
Cheshire West and Chester 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Emma-Jane McLaren
- Address
- Grange Lane, Winsford, CW7 2BT
- Phone
- 01606592300
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Ward / constituency
- Winsford Over & Verdin · Mid Cheshire
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 136184
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 43% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: HALLIARD TRUST
945 pupils · 1,312 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
15 July 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Requires improvement Quality of education Inadequate Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,066 pupils
Attendance
83.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
16.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
45.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
10.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
8.6%
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 | 29.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -1.10 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 11% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 27% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.52 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 30.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 13.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 28.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 13.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.54 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 190 | — |
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.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.