Ruskin Community High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Crewe, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.549 miles
distance · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ruskin Community High School is a secondary school in Crewe, Cheshire East for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 19 June 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Ruskin Community High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.549 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.549 miles away, 5th shortest of 21 Cheshire East secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 26% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 37.9 (England 46).
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 126 first-choice applications for 136 offers; 119 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 34.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.4% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cheshire East.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire East schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ruskin Road, Crewe, CW2 7JT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 713 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 19 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are polite and courteous.”
- “Most enjoy attending school and value the warm and respectful relationships that they develop with staff and their peers.”
- “They recognise the importance of everyone playing their part in making the school a welcoming environment for all.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, poor attendance impedes the progress and attainment of some pupils.”
- “This is particularly the case for some disadvantaged pupils.”
- “However, older pupils have not had the full benefit of this curriculum over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 26% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 126 first-preference applications, 136 offers in total, 119 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cheshire East.
- The Oaks Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic High School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC 0.8 mi Not judged
- Cheshire Studio School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Sir William Stanier School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shavington Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brine Leas School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Malbank School and Sixth Form College 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published