North Cestrian School is a secondary school located in Altrincham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good, outcomes for pupils is requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 07/03/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Dunham Road, Altrincham

School Information

Address: Dunham Road, Altrincham, WA14 4AJ
Website: www.northcestrian.co.uk/start.html
Telephone: 01619281856
School Type: Free schools
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Trafford
Headteacher / Principal: Mr L R Bergin
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 143104

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/03/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 750
Number of Pupils: 677
Number of Boys: 352
Number of Girls: 325

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.02 Confidence interval -0.33 to 0.37
Of the 69 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 52 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:17%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:46%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:49.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.26
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School
Townfield Road, WA14 4DS
315 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
Orchard Road, WA15 8EY
1,021 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Navigation Primary School
Hawarden Road, WA14 1NG
1,131 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Stamford Park Primary School
Cedar Road, Hale WA15 9JB
1,373 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Oldfield Brow Primary School
Taylor Road, WA14 4LE
1,584 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4North Cestrian School
Dunham Road, WA14 4AJ
0 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Loreto Grammar School
Dunham Road, WA14 4AH
96 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School
4out of 4Altrincham Grammar School for Girls
Cavendish Road, Bowdon WA14 2NL
913 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
4out of 4Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Urban Road, WA15 8HT
1,087 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
Marlborough Road, Bowdon WA14 2RS
1,467 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedLoreto Preparatory School
Dunham Road, WA14 4GZ
111 yd Other independent school Yes Girls More About School
- not ratedBowdon Preparatory School for Girls
Ashley Road, WA14 2LT
851 yd Other independent school Yes Girls More About School
- not ratedHale Preparatory School
Broomfield Lane, Hale WA15 9AS
1,409 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedAltrincham Preparatory School
Marlborough Road, Bowdon WA14 2RR
1,525 yd Other independent school Yes Boys More About School
3out of 4Trafford Alternative Education Provision
Brentwood Avenue, WA14 1SR
1,542 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.