Malbank School and Sixth Form College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Nantwich, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.047 miles
8 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Malbank School and Sixth Form College is a secondary school in Nantwich, Cheshire East for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Malbank School and Sixth Form College 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 | 5.047 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 last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026, under one of its admission criteria, lived 5.047 miles from the school.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- The Year 7 last distance swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move between 2025 and 2026.
- 23.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.4% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cheshire East.
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
- Welsh Row, Nantwich, CW5 5HD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 1,289 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cheshire East.
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- The Oaks Academy 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Ruskin Community High School 3.9 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC 4.4 mi Not judged
- Cheshire Studio School 4.4 mi School remains Good
- Sir William Stanier School 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published