Sir William Stanier School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Cheshire EastLocal Authority

Crewe and NantwichConstituency

CW1 4EBPostcode

1.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Sir William Stanier School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Cheshire East, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 633 pupils. Sir William Stanier School is part of THE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 28 Apr 2026 · published 21 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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 Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 28.4
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 11%
EBacc average point score: 2.16

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

633

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 633
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
15 Jan 2025	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
15 May 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
23 Apr 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.