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The Rudheath Senior Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Middlewich Road, Rudheath, Northwich CW9 7DT · rudheathsenioracademy.org.uk · 0160642515
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Cheshire West and Chester 44.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Cheshire West and Chester Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 576
- 69% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.3%
- First language not English
- 6.9%
- 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 West and Chester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 108 families put the school first and 116 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 | 116 | 108 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 105 | 94 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 112 | 100 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 96 | 85 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 150 | 96 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.7, and 28.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cheshire West and Chester it was 44.6, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼28.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼50.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼23.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.98 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1 | — |
| Sixth form college | 22.1 | +6.7 |
| Further education | 49 | −11.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 8.7 | +7.4 |
| Employment | 2.9 | −2.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.6 | −1.9 |
| Activity not captured | 6.7 | +1.6 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 January 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for The Rudheath Senior Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jan 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (83 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 83
- 15% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (24%) with SEND