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Secondary · SK11 · Macclesfield

The Macclesfield Academy

Park Lane, Macclesfield, SK11 8JR

THE SIR JOHN BRUNNER FOUNDATION is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedRequires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance90.9%
AttainmentAttainment 8: 42.7
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils582

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Inspection history

  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SK11. Where we have them, council (Cheshire East) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
582
Free school meals
25.4%
3.2% above district average (22.2%)

Also: Cheshire East 16.7% · England 25.8%

SEN
22.8%
2% below district average (24.8%)

Also: Cheshire East 14.4% · England 16.5%

EAL
7%
2.3% below district average (9.3%)
Attendance
90.9%
4% below district average (94.9%)

Also: Cheshire East 92.5% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SK11 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

27.1%

5.2% above England (21.9%)

Attainment 82024/25

42.7

4 below England (46.7)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

34.1%

12.1% below England (46.2%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

58.5%

7.4% below England (65.9%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

41.5%

0.4% above England (41.1%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

3.7

0.4 below England (4.14)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 90.9%
    2023/24
  • 91.7%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
600
Pupils on roll
582

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Cheshire East page.

SEN support

SEN %
22.8%
On-site provision
Resourced provision

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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  • Methodology · Data updates