The Oaks Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Crewe, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.78 miles
5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Oaks Academy is a secondary school in Crewe, Cheshire East for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Oaks 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 | 1.78 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 Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 1.78 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2024.
- In 2024/25, 20% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 35.4 (England 46).
- Year 7 2026 had 113 first-choice applications for 126 offers; 112 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a place.
- 49% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cheshire East is 23.4%.
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
- Buchan Grove, Crewe, CW2 7NQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 681 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “This school has created a welcoming and supportive environment for its pupils.”
- “Pupils feel safe and know that they are cared for by staff.”
- “The school has high aspirations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “In the past, pupils did not benefit from these high expectations of achievement.”
- “This affected their performance in public examinations.”
- “However, sometimes, some teachers do not present new information clearly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 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) | 20% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.4 | 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: 113 first-preference applications, 126 offers in total, 112 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 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ruskin Community High School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC 0.9 mi Not judged
- Cheshire Studio School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Sir William Stanier School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shavington Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brine Leas School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Malbank School and Sixth Form College 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published