UK Schools
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College is a girls' secondary academy in Sandbach, Cheshire East Council, teaching 1,340 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in October 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 55.6 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 20 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College.
- 1 Inset Day (School closed to Students)
- 2 Start of Autumn Term (Yr 7 and Yr 13)
- 3 Start of Autumn Term (All Students)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 5 Inset Day (School closed to Students)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 5 Start of Spring Term
- 5 Inset Day (School closed to Students)
- 23–27 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 30–31 Inset Days (School closed to Students)
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6–17 Easter Holiday
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 20 Start of Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 5 Inset Day (School closed to Students)
- 20–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Start of Autumn Term (Yr 7 and Yr 13) Sep 2, 2025 Term
- Start of Autumn Term (All Students) Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 23-27, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Apr 6-17, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Summer Term Apr 20, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day (School closed to Students) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School closed to Students) Dec 5, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School closed to Students) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Days (School closed to Students) Mar 30-31, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School closed to Students) Jun 5, 2026 Inset Day
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College with Cheshire East Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 55.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 33.94 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 10.7% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 98% 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 90% 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 Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College. 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 Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College 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.