Sir William Stanier School

Sir William Stanier School at a glance

Located in Crewe, Cheshire East, Sir William Stanier School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. The school educates roughly 688 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 28.4 — well below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.2 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

11% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 27% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Sir William Stanier School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.