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Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Selkirk Drive, Holmes Chapel, Crewe CW4 7DX · hccs1978.co.uk · 01477 410500
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2020
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Cheshire East 47.1, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Cheshire East Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,311
- 94% of 1,395 places
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 13%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Cheshire East Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 173 families put the school first and 187 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 187 | 173 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 240 | 238 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 255 | 229 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 241 | 216 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 240 | 225 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.2, and 43.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cheshire East it was 47.1, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (28.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ●43.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲69.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼15.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.06 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 41.8 | +6.9 |
| Sixth form college | 19.2 | −11.4 |
| Further education | 24.3 | −0.1 |
| Other education | 1.3 | −1.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.2 | +2.8 |
| Employment | 2.1 | −0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.3 | +4.4 |
| Activity not captured | 0.8 | −1.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 students | C (28.6) | Average +0.08 | |
| 61 students | C (28.6) | Average +0.09 | |
| 25 students | Merit+ (29.4) | Above average +0.49 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 74 | C+ (31.9) | +0.05 |
| 2022/23 | 100 | C+ (33) | — |
| 2021/22 | 87 | C+ (31.9) | — |
| 2018/19 | 98 | C (30.2) | -0.30 |
| 2017/18 | 128 | C+ (33.9) | +0.11 |
| 2016/17 | 129 | C+ (34.8) | +0.29 |
| 2015/16 | 94 | C+ (33.4) | +0.01 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 65 | +8.6 |
| Other education | 1.3 | −1.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.8 | −4.7 |
| Employment | 18.8 | −6.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.5 | +2.2 |
| Activity not captured | 3.8 | +2.7 |
Ofsted
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 February 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2023Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Feb 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (198 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Replies
- 198
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 55 parents (28%) with SEND