Ruskin Community High School
Ruskin Road, Crewe, CW2 7JT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Dean Postlethwaite
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 666
- Pupils on roll
- 713
- URN
- 111417
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01270560514
About this school
Ruskin Community High School is a community secondary school in Crewe. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 713 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 19 June 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good, but had some concerns; a full inspection will follow. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 118 | 137 | 134 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.4 | 42.2 | 37.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.06 -0.33 to +0.21 | -0.22 -0.46 to +0.03 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 31.4% | 26.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 64.2% | 47.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 15% | 39.4% | 35.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ruskin Community High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cheshire East average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41.4 | 37.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.2 | 39.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 703 |
| 2023/24 | 730 |
| 2024/25 | 715 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ruskin Community High School compares
Ruskin Community High School ranked 18th of 22 secondary schools in Cheshire East for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.9 | 9.1% | 32.7% | 713 | — |
| The Oaks Academy | 35.4 | 7.6% | 49.4% | 681 | 0.4 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic High School | 47.7 | 6.7% | 19.3% | 642 | 0.6 miles |
| Crewe Engineering and Design UTC | 32.4 | 10.8% | 34.8% | 299 | 0.8 miles |
| Cheshire Studio School | 24 | 18.3% | 50% | 0 | 0.8 miles |
| Sir William Stanier School | 28.4 | 13.6% | 46.2% | 633 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.73%
- English as an additional language
- 33.1%
- Overall absence
- 9.09%
- Persistent absence
- 24.26%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Oaks Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Crewe
-
St Thomas More Catholic High School0.6 miles
Secondary · Crewe
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Crewe Engineering and Design UTC0.8 miles
Secondary · Crewe
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Cheshire Studio School0.8 miles
Secondary · Crewe
-
Sir William Stanier School1.2 miles
Secondary · Crewe
Other schools in Crewe
Ruskin Community High School ranks 4th of the 8 ranked secondary schools in Crewe.
- Cheshire Studio School Secondary
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC Secondary
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School Secondary
- Madeley High School Secondary
- Sir William Stanier School Secondary
- St Thomas More Catholic High School Secondary
- The Oaks Academy Secondary
- Westminster Nursery School Nursery
- Audlem St James' CofE Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Betley CofE VC Primary School Primary
- Brierley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ruskin Community High School teach?
- Ruskin Community High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Crewe.
- Who is the headteacher of Ruskin Community High School?
- The headteacher of Ruskin Community High School is Mr Dean Postlethwaite, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ruskin Community High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ruskin Community High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Ruskin Community High School?
- Ruskin Community High School has 713 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Ruskin Community High School full?
- Ruskin Community High School has capacity for 666 pupils and 713 on roll (107%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ruskin Community High School a faith school?
- No. Ruskin Community High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Ruskin Community High School a selective school?
- No. Ruskin Community High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Ruskin Community High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.4 in 2022/23 and 37.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ruskin Community High School rank locally?
- Ruskin Community High School ranked 18th of 22 secondary schools in Cheshire East for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ruskin Community High School's absence rate?
- Ruskin Community High School's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ruskin Community High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ruskin Community High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.