Alsager School

Alsager School is designated as 'Good' overall, with strong performance in various domains including education quality, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and sixth form provision. Despite facing some challenges, the school has maintained a positive environment where pupils are happy and safe. Leaders have high expectations, fostering effective learning experiences, and ensuring support for pupils' diverse needs, including those with SEND. However, there are concerns regarding the depth of knowledge in a few subjects, as well as issues surrounding the clarity of personal development goals for students.

Strengths

• Pupils and students generally behave well and feel respected.
• Leadership has established a broad and ambitious curriculum.
• High expectations for pupil achievement are consistently communicated.
• Strong emphasis on reading support for pupils with difficulties.
• Effective oversight from the newly formed Cornovii Trust.
• The school's staff are supportive and proud to work there.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum development is ongoing in a few subjects, leading to knowledge gaps.
• Specific knowledge for personal development sessions has not been clearly defined.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Alsager School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 7.4% of pupils at Alsager School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Alsager School had 15.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 7.5% of pupils at Alsager School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Alsager School received £7,854 and spent £7,791 for each of its 1,521 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £976,000 (£642 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of The Cornovii Trust, income was £7,309 and spending £7,287 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Stoke-On-Trent · Cheshire East local authority: places and applications

Alsager School is part of The Cornovii Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Alsager Highfields Community Primary School Stoke-On-Trent
• Weston Village Primary School Crewe
• Pear Tree Primary School Nantwich
• Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School Nantwich
• Brine Leas School Nantwich
• Malbank School and Sixth Form College Nantwich
• Audlem St James' CofE Primary School Crewe

What is Alsager School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Alsager School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Alsager School last inspected by Ofsted?

Alsager School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Alsager School have?

Alsager School has 1,528 pupils on roll.

What age range does Alsager School cover?

Alsager School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Alsager School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.6, and 43% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Alsager School?

Alsager School is at Hassall Road, Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire, ST7 2HR.