Overall Oxbridge
#1,352
4 ranked schools · -438 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
27
Offers
3
Offer rate11.1%
-11.3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Where the River Bollin cuts through the edge of the Cheshire Plain beneath Macclesfield Forest, the town holds a market charter dating to 1261 and a population of around 54,000. Today AstraZeneca anchors the local economy.
Prestbury, the affluent village to the north, is widely regarded as one of Cheshire East's most competitive postcodes for state school places, while Rainow and Brooklands draw families targeting strong catchments. Mill buildings from the silk trade survive through the centre alongside Georgian landmarks including the Town Hall, the former Sunday School, and St Alban's Church designed by Augustus Pugin. Trains on the Crewe to Manchester line reach Manchester Piccadilly in around twenty minutes, and Adlington and Upton lie among the residential villages spreading into the Cheshire countryside to the south.
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Area Performance
Across 40 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.45/10, +0.03 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Macclesfield schools
Macclesfield vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Macclesfield schools
top 48% of 14,978
top 48% of 14,978
top 47% of 3,862
top 47% of 3,862
top 25% of 2,555
top 25% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
4 ranked schools · -438 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
27
Offers
3
Oxford
2 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
10
Offers
0
Cambridge
3 ranked schools · -440 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
17
Offers
3
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