Overall Oxbridge
#914
2 ranked schools · 0 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
9
Offers
2
Offer rate22.2%
-0.2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
On the flat arable plain of central Cheshire, Crewe grew from a small village into one of Britain's busiest railway junctions when the Grand Junction Railway chose the site in 1837, and Crewe Works went on to manufacture and overhaul locomotives for well over a century. The town's built-up area counts around 76,000 residents, with its economic character long shaped by engineering: the Pyms Lane factory produced Rolls-Royce motor cars from 1946 until 2002 and now builds Bentley vehicles exclusively.
Holmes Chapel is among the most sought-after addresses in the area for primary school catchments, with Wistaston and Calveley drawing families weighing school options in the town's southern reaches. Madeley and Knutsford widen that school-competitive belt. Crewe station sits on the West Coast Main Line, with Manchester Piccadilly reached in around forty minutes.
29
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8
Secondary
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1
Post-16
colleges
5
Special
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Area Performance
Across 42 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.43/10, +0.02 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Crewe schools
Crewe vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Crewe schools
top 47% of 14,978
top 47% of 14,978
top 67% of 3,862
top 67% of 3,862
top 88% of 2,555
top 88% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
2 ranked schools · 0 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
9
Offers
2
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
5
Offers
0
Cambridge
2 ranked schools · +409 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
4
Offers
2
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