# The Winsford Academy

URN 136184, Secondary, Academy sponsor led, Cheshire West and Chester.

Grange Lane, Winsford, CW7 2BT.

This page states what happened. It publishes no score, no ranking and no prediction, and nothing here says whether a particular child would be offered a place.

Figures current as of 5 September 2026, the day we last retrieved a source behind this page.

## Ofsted category of concern

At its inspection on 15 July 2025 (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)) this school was placed in the category "serious weaknesses". Ofsted judged that one or more key areas of the school's performance needed significant improvement, while leaders had the capacity to improve. This category was later renamed “requires significant improvement”. Schools do leave these categories, so this is not a statement of where the school stands today. Check that with Ofsted.

## How many families applied

In the 2025 intake, 144 families named this school as their first preference, and it made 147 offers.

That is 0.98 first preferences per place offered, at Year 7. This describes demand. It is not a pass rate and not a prediction.

Fewer families are naming it first. Across the 5 most recent years held, first preferences per place averaged 1.1 in 2021–2022 and 0.95 in 2024–2025.

| Intake year | First preferences | Offers made | First preferences per place |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| 2025 | 144 | 147 | 0.98 |
| 2024 | 156 | 171 | 0.91 |
| 2023 | 214 | 252 | 0.85 |
| 2022 | 260 | 240 | 1.08 |
| 2021 | 232 | 206 | 1.13 |
| 2020 | 181 | 191 | 0.95 |
| 2019 | 182 | 210 | 0.87 |
| 2018 | 169 | 191 | 0.88 |
| 2017 | 163 | 188 | 0.87 |
| 2016 | 136 | 204 | 0.67 |
| 2015 | 121 | 136 | 0.89 |
| 2014 | 144 | 145 | 0.99 |

## Catchment area

Cheshire West and Chester publishes an admission area for this school.

Living inside a published area is not an offer of a place. Councils use these areas in different ways: some to decide who gets a place when a school is full, some only to decide who gets free school transport. The shape is drawn to about 20 metres, so it cannot answer a question about a single house.

## Results

Withheld figures are shown as a dash, never as zero. Progress measures are estimates and are published by the government with a 95% confidence interval.

Key stage 4, 2024: Attainment 8 30.60, Progress 8 not published.

Key stage 4, 2023: Attainment 8 29.30, Progress 8 -1.10.

Key stage 4, 2022: Attainment 8 33.20, Progress 8 -0.85.

## Where these figures come from

- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools. School identity, type, phase and address. https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- Ofsted: state-funded school inspections management information. Inspection outcomes, published monthly. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- Department for Education: school-level applications and offers. Preferences and offers, 2014 to 2025 intakes. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- Department for Education: key stage 4 performance. Attainment 8, Progress 8 and EBacc, by school. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- Department for Education: school workforce in England. Teacher turnover, by school, from the School Workforce Census. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- Cheshire West and Chester: school admission zones. arcgis fetch 2026-09-05. https://maps.cheshireeast.gov.uk/geoserver/CWaCOpenData/AU_S_SecondaryCatchments_POLY_CURRENT/wfs/0/query?where=1=1&outFields=*&f=geojson. Retrieved 5 September 2026.

"Retrieved" is the day we downloaded the data, not the day it was written, so a figure can be about an earlier year.

Full page: /school/136184/the-winsford-academy
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