“schools in Cheshire East”

Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8LF

Information about the provider

1. Macclesfield College is a medium-sized general further education college located in East Cheshire. In the area the college serves there are eight 11 to 18 secondary schools and an independent school, providing learners with a wide choice of post-16 provision. The surrounding area is relatively affluent and mostly rural. Most learners come from North East Cheshire with small numbers travelling from the surrounding areas of Derbyshire and Stockport. Although the proportion of pupils from East Cheshire schools attaining five GCSEs grade A* to C including English and mathematics is above the national average, the numbers enrolling at the college with these qualifications is small.

Warmingham Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4PP

Information about this proposed school

 Cornerstone Academy is an independent school based on two sites in Congleton and Haslington in Cheshire East local authority. The proprietor, the Youth Engagement Schools Trust, operates other academies in Cheshire.  In liaison with the DfE, the Youth Engagement Schools Trust is managing the current school, Cornerstone Alternative Provision, as part of a pilot scheme to provide education for pupils who are at risk of exclusion from primary schools across Cheshire East. The school has now applied to continue to provide for such pupils as an independent school.  It is not proposed that the school will cater for pupils who have complex needs.

Holmes Chapel, Crewe, Cheshire, CW4 7DX

Information about this school

 Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School is a teaching school.  The school operates the Cheshire East SCITT, which provides initial teacher education.  The school does not use any alternative provision.

Warford, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7UD

Information about this school

 This is a non-maintained special school and is part of the David Lewis organisation.  All pupils have an EHC plan. The school caters for pupils with complex learning difficulties, including moderate to profound learning disabilities, neurological conditions, including epilepsy and autism and associated communication, sensory impairments, behavioural and health needs.  The school currently provides education for pupils aged 11 to 19. Some of the pupils in the sixth form live on site.  Pupils are admitted from a wide geographical area that includes 28 local authorities in England and Wales. The main local authority involved with the school is Cheshire East. 21 and 22 January 2025

Warmingham Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4PP

Information about this school

 Cornerstone Academy is an independent school that provides alternative education for pupils who are at risk of exclusion from primary schools across Cheshire East. All pupils are dual registered with the referring primary school. A small number of pupils have an education, health and care plan when they join the school. Pupils who attend the school typically have social, emotional and mental health needs.  The school’s previous standard inspection was conducted from 16 to 18 November 2021.  Leaders do not make use of any alternative provision.  Leaders have moved the school to new premises at The Stables, Warmingham Road, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 4PP, which is where this inspection took place. The proprietor body notified the DfE of this change to the school’s registration agreement.

Warmingham Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4PP

Information about this school

 Cornerstone Academy is an independent school that provides alternative education for pupils who are at risk of exclusion from primary schools across Cheshire East. All pupils are dual registered with the referring primary school. A small number of pupils have an education, health and care plan when they join the school. Pupils who attend the school typically have social, emotional and mental health needs.  The school’s previous standard inspection was conducted from 16 to 18 November 2021. The school received a material change inspection on the 12 January 2023.  The school operates from two premises: Cornerstone House, 26 Crewe Road, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 4NE and The Stables, Warmingham Road, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 4PP.  The school is registered to admit up to 20 pupils. It is currently operating outside its registration agreement. There are 21 pupils on the school roll across both premises.  The school does not make use of any alternative provision.

Beswick Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8JF · Part of Youth Engagement Schools Trust

Information about this school

 The school opened in September 2015. Since then, the number of pupils attending the school has increased significantly.  The school has been rebuilt since opening. The new building was completed for the start of the current academic year.  The school takes pupils from a wide range of schools in Cheshire East local authority and beyond. All pupils are also on roll with a ‘home’ school. For some pupils, the ‘home’ school is the Oakfield Lodge School, which is the local authority’s pupil referral unit.  All pupils have been permanently excluded from school or have been at risk of permanent exclusion.  The work of the school is currently overseen by the East Cheshire Youth Achievement Free School Trust. The trust is in the process of being reconstituted and renamed to coincide with the recent announcement that it is to open a second school in Crewe for pupils aged 4 to 16 with social, emotional and mental health needs. The new school is

Warmingham Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4PP

Information about this school

 Cornerstone Academy is an independent school that provides alternative education for pupils who are at risk of exclusion from primary school across Cheshire East. Pupils do not usually have an education, health and care plan when they join the school. All pupils are dual registered with the referring primary school.  The school opened in September 2020. It operates from two sites, one in Congleton and one in Crewe. This was the school’s first inspection.  The school does not make use of any alternative provision.

Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8LF

Information about the provider

 Macclesfield College is a medium-sized general further education college in the borough of Cheshire East. It serves the town of Macclesfield and the surrounding borough. The college provides 16 to 19 study programmes in a wide range of vocational areas. It also provides adult learning, apprenticeship standards and apprenticeship frameworks.  Cheshire East is a predominantly rural borough in the North West of England. The unemployment rate is lower than the national and North West rate. Cheshire East has a large number of grammar schools and schools with sixth forms. The proportion of students leaving school with five GCSEs at grades A* to C or levels 9 to 4 including English and mathematics in Cheshire East is higher than the national rate.

Warford, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7UD

Information about this school

Wales. The main local authority involved with the school is Cheshire East.  The school has received accreditation from the Autistic Society for the quality of its provision.  There is an informal partnership between David Lewis and Piper Hill Special School in Manchester. Piper Hill is an outstanding school.  The school uses no alternative provision.  There have been a number of changes made to the management structure of the school, so that it is now aligned to the David Lewis College in terms of governance and funding arrangements.

King Edward Street, Middlewich, Cheshire, CW10 9BU

Information about this school

 The school has a specially resourced provision for pupils with SEND. The designated special educational needs are autistic spectrum disorder and hearing impairment. The provision has 20 local authority funded places.  Since the last inspection, a new headteacher has been appointed.  A small number of pupils attend alternative provision at Changing Education Limited, Cheshire East Virtual School and Reaseheath College.

Warmingham Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4PP

Information about the school

Cheshire East Pupil Referral Unit was opened in April 2011 and serves the whole of East Cheshire. The current headteacher took up post in September 2011. The unit was originally located on two sites but was consolidated to a temporary single site in September 2011 and will relocate to permanent accommodation in 2013. The unit caters for students who have been excluded or are at risk of exclusion from school. Students in Year 7 to Year 9 usually attend for about 12 weeks before returning to mainstream school. Older students stay longer and often undertake periods of vocational learning with training providers. The majority of students are in Years 10 and 11. There are considerably more boys than girls and almost all students are of White British heritage. Approximately 30% of pupils are known to be eligible for free school meals. Inspection grades: 1 is outstanding, 2 is good, 3 is satisfactory and 4 is inadequate

Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8JR

Description of the school

Park Lane is a community special school for students from East Cheshire who have statements of special educational need because of severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties. Almost all are White British and all are from English speaking families. Most join the school at the Foundation Stage. A very small minority transfer from mainstream schools at later stages. Because of their acknowledged learning difficulties and/or disabilities, students' attainments are well below average.

Warmingham Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4PP

Information about this school

 The Cheshire East Pupil Referral Unit caters for boys and girls who have been permanently excluded from school or who are on the verge of permanent exclusion because of their behavioural, emotional or social difficulties. The majority of students arrive during Key Stage 4.  A very small number of students have a statement of special educational needs and six are in the process of formal statutory assessments.  An above average proportion of students are known to be entitled to support through the pupil premium. The pupil premium is additional funding for those students who are known to be eligible for free school meals, children from service families and those children that are looked after. A very small number are looked after by the local authority.  Almost all students are of White British heritage.  The unit is located with a community centre and has been in this temporary accommodation since 2010.

Box Lane, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 4NS · Part of The Learning Partnership Academies Trust

Information about this school

 Congleton High School is an 11-18 academy school situated among green fields and private housing on the edge of Congleton in south east Cheshire, close to the border with Staffordshire.  The school is larger than average.  The school converted to become an academy in April 2011. When its predecessor school of the same name was last inspected by Ofsted, it was judged to be good overall.  Ninety-five per cent of students are of White British heritage and the remainder is from a range of minority ethnic groups. The percentage of students whose first language is not English is very low.  The proportion of students who receive support through pupil premium funding (additional funding to support students known to be eligible for free school meals and students who are looked after by the local authority) is below average.  The proportion of disabled students and those with special educational needs is slightly above the national

Ground Floor, Lower Park Street Mill, Lower Park Street, CW12 1EH

Information about this school

 In April 2017, the school was granted registration for 50 pupils aged from 11 to 16 years. Currently there are 21 pupils on roll.  The school caters for pupils with a history of disrupted schooling, including those with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. Pupils join the school and leave it at different points during the academic year.  The headteacher is also the proprietor. She took over as headteacher following the resignation of the previous headteacher in February 2018.  The school aims to support pupils as they ‘grow, aspire and achieve’, enabling them to return to their home school. Most pupils follow a 12-week programme at Cheshire Alternative Provision School, followed by a staged transition period as they return to their home school. The length of this reintegration varies according to pupils’ needs.  The school does not have a religious character.

Ground Floor, Lower Park Street Mill, Lower Park Street, CW12 1EH

Information about this school

 In April 2017, the school was granted registration for 50 pupils aged from 11 to 16 years. Currently there are 25 pupils on roll.  This is the school’s first standard inspection.  The school caters for pupils with a history of disrupted schooling, including those with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. Pupils join the school and leave it at different points during the academic year.  The headteacher is also the proprietor. She took over as headteacher following the resignation of the previous headteacher in February 2018. There have been high levels of teaching staff changes during this school year.  The school aims to support pupils as they ‘grow, aspire and achieve’, enabling them to return to their home school. Most pupils follow a 12-week programme at Cheshire Alternative Provision School, followed by a staged transition period as they return to their home school. The length of this reintegration varies according to pupils’ needs.

Cledford Lane, Middlewich, Cheshire, CW10 0JN

Information about this proposed school

 Compass Community School Cheshire will be an independent school based in Middlewich. It will be part of an existing group of independent schools managed by Compass Community Ltd.  The school will cater for pupils aged 11 to 17 years. Leaders intend to provide education for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs. Many of these are likely to have education, health and care plans.  It is not proposed that the school will cater for pupils who have complex medical needs.

Scholar Green, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 3HF

Description of the school

This is a smaller than average village school located in the south of Cheshire. Almost all pupils who attend are White British. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is broadly average. A smaller than average proportion of pupils has learning difficulties and/or disabilities. The school has recently gained the Inclusion Quality Mark. It has been awarded Healthy Schools status and has retained the Activemark for the past two years. The headteacher has been in post since September 2007.

Ground Floor, Lower Park Street Mill, Lower Park Street, CW12 1EH

better?

Year 11 pupils have now left the school. This follows the actions of leaders at the various ‘home schools’ who placed pupils at Cheshire Alternative Provision School.