UK Schools
The Winsford Academy
The Winsford Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester Council, teaching 945 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Inadequate at its most recent inspection in July 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 30.6 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 21 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Winsford Academy.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
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 Winsford Academy.
- 3 Autumn Term starts (Year 7 and 11 return)
- 4 Autumn Term starts (All students return)
- 24 Autumn Half Term starts
- 4 Autumn Half Term ends / School reopens
- 19 Christmas Holiday starts
- 19–31 Christmas Holiday (two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms)
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–6 Christmas Holiday (two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms)
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Spring Term starts
- 13 Spring Half Term starts
- 23 Spring Half Term ends / School reopens
- 1 Easter Holiday starts
- 1–21 Easter Holiday (two-week break between Spring and Summer terms)
- 3 Good Friday (Variable date)
- 6 Easter Monday (Variable date)
- 21 Summer Term starts
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (First Monday in May)
- 5 School reopens after May Day
- 22 Summer Half Term starts
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday (Last Monday in May)
- 1 Summer Half Term ends / School reopens
- 21 Summer Holidays start
- 21 Summer Holiday (six-week break)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term starts (Year 7 and 11 return) September 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term starts (All students return) September 4, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term starts October 24, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term ends / School reopens November 4, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday starts December 19, 2025 Holiday
- Spring Term starts January 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term starts February 13, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term ends / School reopens February 23, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday starts April 1, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term starts April 21, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens after May Day May 5, 2026 Event
- Summer Half Term starts May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term ends / School reopens June 1, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holidays start July 21, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday (two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms) December 19, 2025 - January 6, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday (two-week break between Spring and Summer terms) April 1 - April 21, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (six-week break) July 21, 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) January 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Variable date) April 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday (Variable date) April 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday (First Monday in May) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (Last Monday in May) May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August) August 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day December 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day December 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Winsford Academy with Cheshire West and Chester Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 30.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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Attendance 45.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 85% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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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 The Winsford 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 Winsford 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.