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Madeley High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Newcastle Road, Madeley, Crewe CW3 9JJ · madeleyschool.org · 01782 987800
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 49.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Staffordshire 43.9, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 779
- 104 over 675 places · 115%
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 15.7%
- First language not English
- 2.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 181 families put the school first and 159 places were offered; 83% 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 | 159 | 181 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 155 | 171 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 167 | 192 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 152 | 181 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 168 | 182 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.5, and 55% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Staffordshire it was 43.9, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲49.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲55.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲75.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.45 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.4 | −1.1 |
| Sixth form college | 2.4 | −2 |
| Further education | 84.9 | +4.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.4 | −5.6 |
| Employment | 1.6 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.2 | +1.4 |
| Activity not captured | 3.2 | +1.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Madeley High School was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Dec 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (95 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 95
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 31 parents (33%) with SEND