Madeley High School, Crewe

From the headteacher's welcome: "I hope that it will give you a clear sense of what makes our school special and how we strive to keep our core values at the heart of all we do on our collective mission of inspiring excellence."

In 2026, pupils at Madeley High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.7 in Staffordshire and 47 across England.

52% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 49.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.3: pupils made above 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 37.9, against 50.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 181 families put Madeley High School as their first choice and 321 named it as one of their preferences, for 159 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 31 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Madeley High School are Sir Thomas Boughey Academy (3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.8); Newcastle Academy (3.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 31.9); Chesterton Community Sports College (4.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.8); and St John Fisher Catholic College (4.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41.7).

Madeley High School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Madeley High School is one of 31 schools run by The Shaw Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.2 in 2024/25.

95 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Madeley High School (as of September 2025): 81% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 53% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (53%).

Of the 126 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 85% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

15.7% 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.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Madeley High School.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Madeley High School (near), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 9 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86).

In 2024/25, Madeley High School issued 163 suspensions, 21.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Madeley High School are Sir John Offley CofE (VC) Primary School (0.3 miles) and The Meadows Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.