Tytherington School, Macclesfield

Ofsted's report card from its 9 June 2026 inspection grades Tytherington School on 7 areas: 5 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have crafted an ambitious curriculum that allows pupils to build up their knowledge effectively over time."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders ensure that pupils with barriers to their learning or wellbeing receive highly effective support."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders and those responsible for governance share a clear vision of high expectations and inclusive education."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Personal development is a significant strength of the school."

Post 16 provision - Strong standard. "Leaders have carefully designed an ambitious sixth-form programme."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Thanks to the school's highly effective teaching and inclusive strategies, pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, develop secure knowledge across the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have high expectations for both attendance and behaviour."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen their efforts to identify and tackle barriers to attendance so that rates of attendance for all pupils continue to improve to consistently high levels"; "Leaders should continue to embed their strategies to ensure the achievement gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils narrows further".

Coming up: an admissions event on Saturday 27 February 2027, an admissions event on Saturday 6 March 2027, an admissions event on Saturday 13 March 2027 and an admissions event on Saturday 20 March 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Tytherington School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.1 in Cheshire East and 47 across England.

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Cheshire East and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 50.1.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.09: 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 36.8, against 54 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.2 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 240 families put Tytherington School as their first choice and 413 named it as one of their preferences, for 229 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 16 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Tytherington School are All Hallows Catholic College (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 50.7); The Macclesfield Academy (1.4 miles, Attainment 8 46.2); The Fallibroome Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.7); and Wilmslow High School (5.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.1).

Tytherington School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 235 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 124 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 60% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 24% into work. 31% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

16.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 8.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (87%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 133 pupils (9.4%) received SEN support and 91 (6.4%) 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 moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Macclesfield Rail Station, about 1190 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tytherington High School (outside), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Tytherington 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 272 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting 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, Tytherington School issued 96 suspensions, 6.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Tytherington School are Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School (0.4 miles), Marlborough Primary School (0.5 miles), Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery (0.7 miles) and Parkroyal Community School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.