Middlewich High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Middlewich, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.459 miles
7 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Middlewich High School is a secondary school in Middlewich, Cheshire East for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2022. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Middlewich High 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 | 2.459 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 Year 7 2026 last distance offered, under one of its admission criteria, was 2.459 miles, the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 150 first-choice applications for 126 offers; 125 offers went to first-choice families and 25 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 254 Year 7 2026 applications, 95 (37%) came from families living outside Cheshire East, and 34 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 34% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 41.2 (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
- King Edward Street, Middlewich, CW10 9BU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 665 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders are ambitious for pupils at Middlewich High School.”
- “Pupils respond well to leaders’ expectations that they should aspire, believe and belong.”
- “In recent years, leaders have considerably improved many aspects of the school.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not always choose to behave as well as they should in lessons and around the school.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, some teachers are still developing the most effective approaches to delivering some aspects of curriculum content.”
- “In these subjects, some pupils learn less well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 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) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.2 | 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: 150 first-preference applications, 126 offers in total, 125 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.
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandbach School 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sir William Stanier School 5.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cheshire Studio School 6.2 mi School remains Good
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC 6.2 mi Not judged
- The Oaks Academy 6.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ruskin Community High School 6.9 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published