Shavington Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Shavington, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.752 miles
5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Shavington Academy is a secondary school in Shavington, Cheshire East for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 May 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Shavington 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 | 2.752 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 under one of its admission criteria lived 2.752 miles away.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was about the same as in 2025, nearer than in 2024, and the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 entry in 2026: 225 first-choice applications for 195 offers; 185 offers went to first-choice families, and 40 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 47.8 (England 46).
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
- Rope Lane, Shavington, CW2 5DH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 934 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Shavington Academy enjoy school and settle in quickly.”
- “Leaders and staff encourage pupils to revel in their learning and to become socially responsible citizens.”
- “Pupils are respectful towards each other, members of staff and visitors to the school.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders are still in the process of finalising their curriculum thinking.”
- “On occasion, this prevents some teachers from delivering aspects of the curriculum as leaders intend.”
- “While their efforts are improving pupils’ overall rates of attendance, some pupils, including those with SEND and those who are disadvantaged, do not attend as regularly as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 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) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.8 | 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: 225 first-preference applications, 195 offers in total, 185 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.
- St Thomas More Catholic High School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ruskin Community High School 1.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Oaks Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC 2.4 mi Not judged
- Cheshire Studio School 2.4 mi School remains Good
- Brine Leas School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir William Stanier School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Malbank School and Sixth Form College 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published