All Hallows Catholic College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,216 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.6
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The Oaks Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 681of 780 places
- Free school meals
- 49.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 84
- Ofsted
- Good, 16 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Oaks Academy (URN 142472, until 31 October 2019).
What the data says
The Oaks Academy has no sixth form. Of the 64 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 86% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 35.4 against 46.1 across England and 47.1 in Cheshire East, with 20% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 36% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cheshire East and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Oaks Academy | Cheshire East | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 64 | 4,099 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 86% | 40% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Oaks Academy | Cheshire East | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.4 | 47.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 32% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.98 | 4.10 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 48% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.3 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.9 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 42% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 83 | 99% | 88% | 4% | 22% | 51% |
| English Language | 83 | 99% | 89% | 4% | 20% | 54% |
| English Literature | 82 | 98% | 86% | 4% | 21% | 51% |
| Combined Science | 66 | 79% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 24% |
| History | 46 | 55% | 41% | 0% | 26% | 13% |
| Geography | 32 | 38% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 53% |
| Fine Art | 30 | 36% | 9% | 23% | 28% | 73% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 24% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 80% |
| Biology | 17 | 20% | 23% | 12% | 45% | 82% |
| Spanish | 17 | 20% | 19% | 6% | 27% | 59% |
| Physics | 16 | 19% | 23% | 0% | 46% | 69% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 19% | 23% | 0% | 47% | 81% |
| Photography | 14 | 17% | 6% | 21% | 19% | 86% |
| Religious Studies | 11 | 13% | 31% | 0% | 32% | 64% |
| Polish | 11 | 13% | 1% | 27% | 84% | 91% |
| Chinese | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 41 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 18 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 17 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 12 | — | — |
Where The Oaks Academy is
Other secondary schools in Cheshire East are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Cheshire East’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Cheshire East
Alsager School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,528 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9
Brine Leas School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,417 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7
Cheshire Studio School
Studio schools · sixth form
63% stayed in education · Attainment 8 24.0
Congleton High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,174 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8
Crewe Engineering and Design UTC
University technical college · sixth form · 299 pupils
67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 32.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.