All Hallows Catholic College
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Macclesfield · SK11 8LB · Cheshire East
Ages 11–18
- Att848.6
- P80.0
- EM5+49%
- Absence7.9%
0.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 150483
The Macclesfield Academy
Academy sponsor led · Macclesfield · SK11 8JR
Ages 11–16 · 614 pupils · Cheshire East
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Overall absence
9.0%
Admissions demand
0.87 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2020-02-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.9%
Unauthorised1.7%
- Authorised absence
- 7.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 630
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.87 · Often has places
1st preferences
97
Places offered
147
1st-preference offers
97
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 213
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 111
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill102%
614 pupils · 600 places
- Pupils on roll
- 614
- Boys / girls
- 301 / 313
- School capacity
- 600
- Capacity fill
- 614 / 600 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 28.3%
- FSM pupils
- 173
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE SIR JOHN BRUNNER FOUNDATION
- Academy trust
- THE SIR JOHN BRUNNER FOUNDATION
- Headteacher
- Mr Mat Galvin
Location
- Address
- Park Lane
- Postcode
- SK11 8JR
- Town
- Macclesfield
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- District
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 14 on roll / 14 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Macclesfield, Cheshire East, 614 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 28.3%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Tytherington School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Macclesfield · SK10 2EE · Cheshire East
Ages 11–18
- Att849.9
- P80.1
- EM5+59%
- Absence7.0%
1.4 miles away
The Fallibroome Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Macclesfield · SK10 4AF · Cheshire East
Ages 11–18
- Att855.6
- P80.6
- EM5+64%
- Absence6.4%
1.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Mat Galvin