Sir William Stanier School
Coronation Street, Crewe, CW1 4EB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Liz Robinson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 633
- URN
- 139953
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01270660880
About this school
Sir William Stanier School is a secondary academy in Crewe. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 633 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 147 | 113 | 127 |
| Attainment 8 score | 26.6 | 29.6 | 28.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.36 -1.60 to -1.12 | -0.90 -1.17 to -0.63 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 6% | 15% | 11% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 24% | 31.9% | 26.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 7% | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
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 Sir William Stanier 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 | 26.6 | 37.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 29.6 | 39.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 28.4 | 37.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 736 |
| 2023/24 | 693 |
| 2024/25 | 688 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sir William Stanier School compares
Sir William Stanier School ranked 21st of 22 secondary schools in Cheshire East for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 21% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 28.4 | 13.6% | 46.2% | 633 | — |
| Cheshire Studio School | 24 | 18.3% | 50% | 0 | 0.5 miles |
| Crewe Engineering and Design UTC | 32.4 | 10.8% | 34.8% | 299 | 0.6 miles |
| Ruskin Community High School | 37.9 | 9.1% | 32.7% | 713 | 1.2 miles |
| The Oaks Academy | 35.4 | 7.6% | 49.4% | 681 | 1.4 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic High School | 47.7 | 6.7% | 19.3% | 642 | 1.7 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.22%
- English as an additional language
- 21.2%
- Overall absence
- 13.6%
- Persistent absence
- 42.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cheshire Studio School0.5 miles
Secondary · Crewe
-
Crewe Engineering and Design UTC0.6 miles
Secondary · Crewe
-
Ruskin Community High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Crewe
-
The Oaks Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Crewe
-
St Thomas More Catholic High School1.7 miles
Secondary · Crewe
Other schools in Crewe
Sir William Stanier School ranks 7th 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
- Ruskin Community High 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 Sir William Stanier School teach?
- Sir William Stanier School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Crewe.
- Who is the principal of Sir William Stanier School?
- The principal of Sir William Stanier School is Mrs Liz Robinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sir William Stanier School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sir William Stanier 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 Sir William Stanier School?
- Sir William Stanier School has 633 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Sir William Stanier School full?
- Sir William Stanier School has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 633 on roll (60%), so it has space against 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 Sir William Stanier School a faith school?
- No. Sir William Stanier School has no designated religious character.
- Is Sir William Stanier School a selective school?
- No. Sir William Stanier School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Sir William Stanier School?
- Sir William Stanier School is part of THE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Sir William Stanier School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 26.6 in 2022/23 and 28.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sir William Stanier School rank locally?
- Sir William Stanier School ranked 21st of 22 secondary schools in Cheshire East for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 21% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sir William Stanier School's absence rate?
- Sir William Stanier School's overall absence rate is 13.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sir William Stanier School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sir William Stanier 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 15 July 2026.