The Fallibroome Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.037 miles
5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Fallibroome Academy is a secondary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2022. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Fallibroome Academy 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 | 1.037 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 1.037 miles from the school, and that figure is for children offered a place under one of its admission criteria.
- The Year 7 last distance for 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2024, having swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 273 first-choice applications for 235 offers: 229 offers went to first-choice families, and 44 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Priory Lane, Upton, Macclesfield, SK10 4AF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 1,532 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, and students in the sixth form, enjoy attending this school.”
- “They are proud to be part of the school community and they treat each other with respect.”
- “Pupils feel safe in school, and they appreciate the high priority that leaders give to issues related to their well-being.”
To improve
- “This figure is currently lower than leaders would like.”
- “Leaders are in the process of finalising additional support for pupils in receipt of SEND support.”
- “Leaders are building more opportunities for pupils to develop their reading knowledge across the whole curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 February 2023 (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) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
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: 273 first-preference applications, 235 offers in total, 229 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.
- All Hallows Catholic College 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tytherington School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Macclesfield Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilmslow High School 4.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Poynton High School 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eaton Bank Academy 6.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Congleton High School 8.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Knutsford Academy 9.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published