UK Schools
The Macclesfield Academy
The Macclesfield Academy is a secondary academy in Macclesfield, Cheshire East Council, teaching 614 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in February 2020. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.7 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Macclesfield Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Macclesfield Academy.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- First day of Autumn Term 1st Sep 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term 27th Oct 2025 - 31st Oct 2025 Holiday
- Last day of Autumn Term 19th Dec 2025 Term
- Winter (Christmas) Holidays 22nd Dec 2025 - 2nd Jan 2026 Holiday
- First day of Spring Term 5th Jan 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term 16th Feb 2026 - 20th Feb 2026 Holiday
- Last day of Spring Term 27th Mar 2026 Term
- Easter Holidays 30th Mar 2026 - 10th Apr 2026 Holiday
- First day of Summer Term 13th Apr 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term 25th May 2026 - 29th May 2026 Holiday
- Last day of Summer Term 20th Jul 2026 Term
- Summer Holidays 21st Jul 2026 - 31st Aug 2026 Holiday
- INSET Days 1st & 2nd Sep 2025, 3rd Nov 2025 Inset Day
- New Year's Day 1st Jan 2026 Event
- Good Friday (variable date) 3rd Apr 2026 Event
- Easter Monday (variable date) 6th Apr 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday (First Monday in May) 4th May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (Last Monday in May) 25th May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August) 31st Aug 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day 25th Dec 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day 26th Dec 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Macclesfield Academy with Cheshire East Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Cheshire East Council England
Attendance 24.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Cheshire East Council England
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 The Macclesfield Academy. 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 The Macclesfield Academy 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.