Springfield School

State-Funded School

springfield-school-cheshire-east-north-west

North WestRegion

Cheshire EastLocal Authority

Crewe and NantwichConstituency

CW1 5HSPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Springfield School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Cheshire East, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 303 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

303

Total Pupils

70%Boys

30%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

39%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 303
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
13 Dec 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.