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Shavington Academy

Secondary Ages 11-16 934 pupils Shavington
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Shavington Academy is an academy converter in Cheshire East for pupils aged 11 to 16. It has 934 pupils on roll. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.2, and 42% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

GCSE results: 2026.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Rope Lane
Shavington
Cheshire
CW2 5DH
Phone 01270260717
Reference Number 142237

General Makeup

Number of pupils 934
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.71%
Girls: 45.29%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 104 102 206
8 113 85 198
9 100 95 195
10 90 73 163
11 104 68 172

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.9%
White, Other 3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.5%
White & Asian 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
Chinese 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
African 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 17 May 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
17 May 2023 School inspection
26 Jun 2018 Short inspection
31 Aug 2015 Academy conversion letter
22 May 2014 Full inspection:
Previously as Shavington High School
14 Nov 2012 Full inspection:
13 Mar 2012 Curriculum and development visit
25 Jan 2010 Full inspection:
19 Nov 2008 Curriculum and development visit
22 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
12 Feb 2001 Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
44.2

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 42.4%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 55.2%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 154 10
Third Preference 135 0
From another Local Authority 11 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Shavington Academy had 901 pupils for 1,050 places. 149 places (14.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Shavington Secondary” planning area

Cheshire East counted 202 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 207 in 2031–32, up 2%.

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 8508508508508508508508501,050
Pupils 549611645699828844862878901
Unfilled 35.4%28.1%24.1%17.8%2.6%0.7%0.0%0.0%14.2%

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 Shavington Academy attended 91.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 20.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.0%4.2%4.6%4.1%4.4%8.3%6.9%6.3%6.5%
Unauthorised absence 0.7%0.8%0.8%1.1%1.3%2.2%2.3%2.0%1.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.4%0.5%1.2%1.4%1.5%4.0%4.7%3.1%3.9%

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, 4.3% of pupils at Shavington Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 5.94.87.99.44.73.25.74.89.610.0
Permanent exclusions 1212000000

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 Shavington Academy had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.111.712.612.913.113.513.012.612.512.811.8
Teachers who left state teaching 16.1%2.6%6.4%9.0%2.2%9.2%9.6%4.0%7.4%7.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%–0.0%74.1%73.2%65.5%68.9%–
Sick days per teacher 0.00.00.00.0–0.05.85.85.33.5–

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, 12.8% of pupils at Shavington Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 10 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 32 20
Moderate learning difficulty 33 10
Specific learning difficulty 26 7
Autistic spectrum disorder 9 12
Speech, language and communication needs 8 4
No specialist assessment of need 8 0
Other difficulty or disability 3 1
Physical disability 1 1
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 0 1
Vision impairment 0 1

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 Shavington Academy received £6,515 and spent £6,906 for each of its 909 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,151,000 (£2,366 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £1,030,000£1,373,000£1,536,000£2,210,000£2,577,000£2,508,000£2,151,000
per pupil £1,474£1,760£1,846£2,606£3,007£2,866£2,366
In-year balance £231,000£350,000£162,000£675,000£368,000-£72,000-£356,000
per pupil £330£449£195£796£429-£82-£392

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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1.22 miles
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2.2 miles
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Brierley Primary School
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2.36 miles
Beechwood Primary School and Nursery
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2.41 miles
Hungerford Primary Academy
School Crescent, Crewe, CW1 5HA
2.46 miles
Name Distance
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Dane Bank Avenue, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 8AE
1.39 miles
Cheshire College - South & West
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1.42 miles
Ruskin Community High School
Ruskin Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 7JT
1.64 miles
The Oaks Academy
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1.66 miles
The Axis Academy
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2.15 miles
Lavender Field School
Lavender Field School, Lincoln House, Samuel Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3AE
2.32 miles
Adelaide School
Adelaide Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3DT
2.38 miles
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2.39 miles
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West Street, C/O the Learning Partnership, Crewe Utc, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 2PZ
2.41 miles
Brine Leas School
Audlem Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 7DY
2.47 miles
Springfield School
Crewe Green Road, Cheshire East, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 5HS
2.51 miles
Sir William Stanier School
Coronation Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4EB
2.82 miles
Reaseheath College
Reaseheath, NANTWICH, Cheshire, CW5 6DF
3.07 miles
Malbank School and Sixth Form College
Welsh Row, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5HD
3.17 miles

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How many pupils does Shavington Academy have?

Shavington Academy has 934 pupils on roll.

What age range does Shavington Academy cover?

Shavington Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Shavington Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.2, and 42% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Shavington Academy?

Shavington Academy is at Rope Lane, Shavington, Cheshire, CW2 5DH.

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