The Macclesfield Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Macclesfield, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.056 miles
7 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Macclesfield Academy is a secondary school in Macclesfield, 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.
The Macclesfield 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 | 8.056 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, 34% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cheshire East.
- There were 73 first-choice applications for 92 offers for Year 7 entry in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 8.056 miles away, the shortest of the 3 years.
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
- Park Lane, Macclesfield, SK11 8JR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 614 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.7 | 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: 73 first-preference applications, 92 offers in total, 73 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.
- All Hallows Catholic College 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tytherington School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Fallibroome Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Eaton Bank Academy 5.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wilmslow High School 6.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Poynton High School 6.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Congleton High School 7.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School 10.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published