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Eaton Bank Academy

Congleton, CW12 1NT · Cheshire East · secondary school

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Mixed Secondary
4.3/10 Broadly average

14th of 22 secondary schools in Cheshire East we can score, 23 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to the 925 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 2.9/10 among them, against 4.3/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 40.0 · 40 46% 1.86
Progress 8 2023/24 -0.13 · 40 38% 1.54
Attainment 8 2024/25 46.9 · 57 15% 0.87

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 40.0% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 46.9, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 for 2023/24 was -0.13, meaning pupils did slightly worse than peers nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 2.9 out of 10 among them, against 4.3 out of 10 nationally.

Getting in. The school has 1077 pupils in a capacity of 1087, leaving 10 spare places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to improve their Progress 8 scores? What are the entry requirements for the 10 remaining places? How does the curriculum address the gap between current attainment and national medians?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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