UK Schools
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School is a mixed secondary academy in Crewe, Cheshire East Council, teaching 1,311 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in February 2020. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 48.2 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Development Day 1st September 2025 Inset Day
- Students return to school 2nd September 2025 Event
- School closes for Autumn Half Term 24th October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term Holiday 27th October – 31st October 2025 Holiday
- Students return to school 3rd November 2025 Event
- Staff Development Day 24th November 2025 Inset Day
- School closes for Christmas Holiday 19th December 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday 20th December 2025 – 4th January 2026 Holiday
- Staff Development Day 5th January 2026 Inset Day
- Students return to school 6th January 2026 Event
- School closes for Spring Half Term 13th February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday 16th February – 20th February 2026 Holiday
- Students return to school 23rd February 2026 Event
- School closes for Easter Holiday 27th March 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday 30th March – 10th April 2026 Holiday
- Students return to school 13th April 2026 Event
- May Day Bank Holiday 4th May 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Summer Half Term 22nd May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday 25th May – 29th May 2026 Holiday
- Students return to school 1st June 2026 Event
- Staff Development Day 17th June 2026 Inset Day
- School closes for Summer Holiday 17th July 2026 Holiday
- Staff Development Day 20th July 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School with Cheshire East Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 48.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 28.57 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 22.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 99% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 89% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.