Cheshire Studio School, Crewe

In 2025, pupils at Cheshire Studio School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 24, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.2 in Cheshire East and 46.8 across England.

0% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Cheshire East and 46% in England.

That is up from 22.9 in 2024.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.62: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2025.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 21.6, against 26.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 15 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business and Construction.

Across Cheshire East, 93% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Cheshire East lodged 61 appeals against secondary school offers; 27 reached a hearing and 8 succeeded (29.6% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cheshire Studio School are Crewe Engineering and Design UTC (under 0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 31.6); Sir William Stanier School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 27.4); Ruskin Community High School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.2); and The Oaks Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 32.6).

Cheshire Studio School is one of 15 schools run by The Learning Partnership Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.8 in 2024/25.

Of the 30 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 50% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 43% to a further education college, 10% to an apprenticeship and 10% into work.

Of the 32 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 44% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 31% into work. 6% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

Cheshire Studio School had 16 teachers in 2025, one for every 3 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Crewe Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Henry Street (opposite), 270 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cheshire Studio School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 480 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cheshire East (61), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Cheshire Studio School issued 3 suspensions, 5.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cheshire Studio School are Beechwood Primary School and Nursery (0.2 miles), Brierley Primary School (0.3 miles), St Michael's Community Academy (0.6 miles) and Edleston Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.