Sir William Stanier School
About the school
Sir William Stanier School is an open secondary school in Cheshire East.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 28 April 2026
- Published
- 21 June 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Category of concern: SWK
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 28.4
- Cheshire East
- 47.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Cheshire East
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 11.00%
- Cheshire East
- 45.10%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 26.80%
- Cheshire East
- 67.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 3.90%
- Cheshire East
- 38.90%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.16
- Cheshire East
- 4.1
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
688
Girls
50.29%
Boys
49.71%
SEN support
12.94%
Education, health and care plan
7.85%
English as an additional language
21.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
46.22%
Overall absence
13.6
Persistent absence
42.42
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
147
Sustained education or employment
78%
Education
70%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
5%
Not sustained
15%