Sir William Stanier School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Crewe, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.005 miles
5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sir William Stanier School is a secondary school in Crewe, Cheshire East for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Sir William Stanier 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 | 1.005 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
- 47.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cheshire East.
- Year 7 2026 had 95 first-choice applications for 124 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 29 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 11% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 28.4 (England 46).
- The 2024/25 GCSE English and maths result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cheshire East that have results.
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
- Coronation Street, Crewe, CW1 4EB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 633 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Since the last inspection, pupils have experienced positive change at this school.”
- “They are welcomed at the school gates and made to feel part of the school community.”
- “Most pupils appreciate the rules and routines that are now in place.”
To improve
- “However, while staff support pupils to attend school regularly, many of them still miss too much school.”
- “However, this is not always the case.”
- “That said, pupils are not consistently well supported to access their learning successfully.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 2026 (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) | 11% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 28.4 | 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: 95 first-preference applications, 124 offers in total, 95 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.
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- Ruskin Community High School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Oaks Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic High School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shavington Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandbach School 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College 3.7 mi Good Last distance published