Congleton High School, Congleton

In 2026, pupils at Congleton High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.1 in Cheshire East and 47 across England.

34% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Cheshire East and 47% in England.

That is down from 44.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.47: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34, against 45.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and History.

For September 2026 entry, 147 families put Congleton High School as their first choice and 310 named it as one of their preferences, for 149 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Congleton High School are Eaton Bank Academy (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48); Woodhouse Academy (4.4 miles, Good); James Bateman Middle School (4.9 miles, Good); and Biddulph High School (5.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Congleton High School.

Congleton High 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 196 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 129 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 39% went on to university or other higher education, 16% to apprenticeships and 29% into work. 12% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

15.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Congleton Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.

25 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Congleton High School (bay 1), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Congleton High School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 8th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 38 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cheshire East (61).

In 2024/25, Congleton High School issued 172 suspensions, 14.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Congleton High School are Black Firs Primary School (0.3 miles), The Quinta Primary School (0.4 miles), Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School (1.2 miles) and Marlfields Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.