Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, Crewe

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In 2026, pupils at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.1 in Cheshire East and 47 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Cheshire East and 47% in England.

That is up from 48.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.04: pupils made about 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 38.4, against 51.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 173 families put Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School as their first choice and 382 named it as one of their preferences, for 187 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School are Middlewich High School (3.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.3); Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College (3.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.3); and Sandbach School (3.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.9).

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

198 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School (as of September 2025): 70% would recommend the school, 75% say their child is happy there and 40% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (79%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (40%).

Of the 239 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 24% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 80 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 65% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 21% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

12.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 97 pupils (7.4%) received SEN support and 57 (4.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School has a resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health needs: 13 places, 12 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Holmes Chapel Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Holmes Chapel Comprehensive (outside), 160 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 25 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cheshire East (61).

In 2024/25, Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School issued 101 suspensions, 7.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School are Holmes Chapel Primary School (0.4 miles) and Hermitage Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.