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Adelaide Heath Academy

Mixed · ages 8–18 · with sixth formCheshire East, North West · Knutsford WA16 8PATrust: Manor Hall Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
84of 87 places
Free school meals
68.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
22
Ofsted
Good, 25 June 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Adelaide Heath Academy (URN 140176, until 1 April 2021).

What the data says

Of the 6 pupils who finished Year 11 at Adelaide Heath Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Adelaide Heath Academy’s own sixth form (Cheshire East average 40%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 9.7 against 46.1 across England and 47.1 in Cheshire East, with 5% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

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.

Adelaide Heath Academy
Cheshire East
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureAdelaide Heath AcademyCheshire EastEngland
Pupils in the cohort64,099607,348
Any sustained destination100%94%92%
Stayed in education100%88%86%
— school sixth form0%40%34%
— sixth form college0%7%13%
— further education college0%40%37%
— other education100%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%4%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureAdelaide Heath AcademyCheshire EastEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)9.747.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths5%45%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths5%68%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%39%41%
EBacc average point score0.674.104.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort59%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils9.732.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils9.850.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language1673%89%0%20%19%
Mathematics1568%88%0%22%7%
English Literature1150%86%0%21%18%
Art and Design941%7%0%24%44%
Combined Science627%65%0%9%0%
History627%41%0%26%0%
Physics418%23%46%
Religious Studies15%31%32%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies1

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

Congleton High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,174 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8

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.