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September 2025 school place allocations

School place allocations are decided by the admission authority for each school following the dates in the school applications timetable.

Overall school place allocation statistics for September 2025

Secondary school allocations

  • 94.8% of Cheshire East residents were offered a place at their first preference secondary school.
  • 97.9% were offered a place at one of their three preferred secondary schools.
  • Total number of applications - 4914
  • Applications from Cheshire East residents - 4,203
  • Where a school gave more places than the published admissions number, the school has been highlighted

Allocations by school for September 2025 admissions

You can check last year's allocation details to see:

  • each school's published admissions number (PAN) (schools can choose to take more children than the  PAN as long as they do not have infant classes of more than 30)
  • the number of children each school took - if a school took fewer children than its published admissions number (PAN), then it will have offered a place to every child who applied.
  • the lowest criteria from each school's admissions policy used in allocating places - if, for example, the lowest criteria was 3, then all children who met criteria numbers 1 and 2, got a place; some or all who met criteria number 3 got a place, but no child who only met any criteria lower than 3 got a place (note last year's policy may have different criteria to this year's)
  • the furthest distance away any child lived who got a place (as measured in a straight line (in miles) between school and home using the National Land and Property Gazetteer) - the school may have turned down children who lived further away or they may not have had any applications from children who lived further away

Secondary school allocations 2025

Where a school gave more places than the published admissions number, the school has been highlighted.

Secondary school allocations September 2024
School nameType of schoolPublished admissions number (PAN)Places allocatedLowest criteriaFurthest distance within lowest criteria
All Hallows Catholic College Academy 210 210 5 8.454
Alsager School Academy 265 262 6 20.709
Brine Leas School Academy 215 212 6 1000
Congleton High School Academy 230 212 6 5.822
Eaton Bank Academy Academy 210 210 5 4.475
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School Academy 240 240 5 6.572
Knutsford Academy Academy 230 230 6 4.349
Malbank School Foundation 240 212 8 14.925
Middlewich High School Academy 140 123 7 6.318
Poynton High School Academy 246 246 5 3.727
Ruskin Community High School Community 140 150 distance 1.516
Sandbach High School Academy 240 234 7 12.231
Sandbach School (Free school) Academy 240 232 7 11.631
Shavington Academy Academy 210 210 6 2.964
Sir William Stanier Community School Academy 150 107 5 1.46
St Thomas More Catholic High School Academy 128 128 6 0.295
The Fallibroome Academy Academy 240 240 5 1.304
The Macclesfield Academy Academy 120 120 5 9.187
The Oaks Academy Academy 130 113 5 1000
Tytherington School Academy 240 240 6 1.969
Wilmslow High School Community 360 360 In Area/Feeder

2.33

Overall school place allocation statistics for September 2024 

Allocations for primary school

  • 93.5% of Cheshire East residents were offered a place at their first preference primary school
  • 98.5% were offered a place at one of their three preferred primary schools
  • Total number of applications – 4,061
  • Applications from Cheshire East residents - 3,844

Primary school allocations 2024

Where a school gave more places than the published admissions number, the school has been highlighted.

Secondary school allocations

  • 94% of Cheshire East residents were offered a place at their first preference secondary school.
  • 97.8% were offered a place at one of their three preferred secondary schools.
  • Total number of applications – 4,900
  • Applications from Cheshire East residents - 4,215
  • Where a school gave more places than the published admissions number, the school has been highlighted

Secondary school allocations 2024

Where a school gave more places than the published admissions number, the school has been highlighted.

Secondary school allocations 2024
School nameType of schoolPublished admissions number (PAN)Places allocatedLowest criteriaFurthest distance within lowest criteria
All Hallows Catholic College Academy 210 210 5 3.754
Alsager School Academy 265 248 6 6.226
Brine Leas School Academy 215 215 6 5.076
Congleton High School Academy 230 201 6 6.277
Eaton Bank Academy Academy 210 210 5 6.619
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School Academy 240 256 5 159.613
Knutsford Academy Academy 220 220 6 3.784
Malbank School Foundation 240 220 8 12.935
Middlewich High School Academy 140 125 5 22.528
Poynton High School Academy 246 246 5 3.497
Ruskin Community High School Community 140 150 distance 1.824
Sandbach High School Academy 240 205 7 23.125
Sandbach School (Free school) Academy 240 221 7 21.269
Shavington Academy Academy 170 198 6 1000
Sir William Stanier Community School Academy 150 134 5 1.37
St Thomas More Catholic High School Academy 128 128 6 0.759
The Fallibroome Academy Academy 240 240 5 0.399
The Macclesfield Academy Academy 120 150 5 9.878
The Oaks Academy Academy 130 97 3 1.43
Tytherington School Academy 240 240 5 1.735
Wilmslow High School Community 300 360 In Area/Feeder

2.368

Check your school place decision

School place decisions are available online from the offer dates given in the applications timetable for those who applied online. Online applicants will also get an email. If you applied by phone or post, you will get a letter by second class post.

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