Sandbach School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–19 · Sandbach, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.597 miles
7 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sandbach School is a secondary school in Sandbach, Cheshire East for ages 11–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Sandbach 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 | 4.597 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 2024/25, 50% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 48.2 (England 46).
- Under one of its admission criteria, the last Year 7 place in 2026 went to a child 4.597 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Year 7 2026 drew 253 first-choice applications for 236 offers; 232 offers went to first-choice families, and 21 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 12.8%, against a middle figure of 26.2% 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
- Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 3NS
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 1,534 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils and students in the sixth form are well supported to settle in quickly at Sandbach School.”
- “They value the positive relationships that they have with staff.”
- “Pupils are kind to each other.”
To improve
- “In a minority of subjects, teachers do not routinely check for misconceptions or gaps in learning.”
- “As a result, pupils sometimes move on to new learning before they are ready.”
- “However, processes for checking how well pupils read are not as robust as they should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2025 (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) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 253 first-preference applications, 236 offers in total, 232 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.
- Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sir William Stanier School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alsager School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cheshire Studio School 4.1 mi School remains Good
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC 4.2 mi Not judged
- Middlewich High School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ruskin Community High School 4.8 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published