Overall Oxbridge
#1,277
3 ranked schools · -363 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
72
Offers
12
Offer rate16.7%
-5.7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Known to the Romans as Condate and prized for its salt deposits since the first century, Northwich sits where the rivers Weaver and Dane meet on the Cheshire Plain in Cheshire West, some nineteen miles south of Manchester. Salt shaped everything here. The Weaver Navigation, opened in 1721 to carry rock salt, set the town's industrial course; mine stabilisation work completed in 2007 finally resolved the subsidence problem that had defined the built fabric for generations.
The Mid-Cheshire Line links Northwich station to Manchester Piccadilly in around fifty minutes, with services south to Crewe. Hartford is among the most sought-after corners of Northwich for school catchments, drawing families who target the local primary and secondary options, while Leftwich and Barnton extend the competitive stretch across the southern and western edges. Davenham and Weaverham add a residential arc around a town of around 23,000.
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Post-16
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Area Performance
Across 41 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.51/10, +0.08 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Northwich schools
Northwich vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Northwich schools
top 50% of 14,978
top 50% of 14,978
top 39% of 3,862
top 39% of 3,862
top 32% of 2,555
top 32% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
3 ranked schools · -363 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
72
Offers
12
Oxford
3 ranked schools · +36 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
43
Offers
7
Cambridge
2 ranked schools · -198 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
29
Offers
5
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Northwich
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