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Cheadle High School

The Cheadle Academy
Motto Feliciter Promovender
Established 1970
Type Academy
Religion Mixed
Principal Mr N Jamieson
Location Station Road
Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST10 1LH
England
52°58′54″N 1°59′24″W / 52.9816°N 1.99°W / 52.9816; -1.99Coordinates: 52°58′54″N 1°59′24″W / 52.9816°N 1.99°W / 52.9816; -1.99
Staff 71
Students 800 pupils
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Houses Shakespeare, Lennon, Turner
Colours Blue
Website The Cheadle Academy

The Cheadle Academy (formerly Cheadle High School) is a secondary school with academy status located in Cheadle, Staffordshire in the Midlands area of England.

It has around 790 pupils ranging from Year 7 to 13. The Cheadle Academy is developing its own sixth form provision that will open in September 2017

The Cheadle Academy is a specialist arts school. It offers a broad curriculum base, offering students the chance to study a wide range of subjects. Students in Y10 and Y11 can choose from subjects such as Child Development, BTEC Sport, Business Studies, Performing Arts, ICT, Geography, History to name just a few. Pupils are also expected to learn a language (French or German).

The proportion of students achieving A*-C grades in Maths was 67% and in English Language the proportion of students achieving A*-C was also very good, at 68%. In English Literature this was 98%. Overall the proportion of pupils who were entered for 5 or more GCSE, and achieved 5 or more A*-C grades, was 61%. Similarly, the pass rate for 5 or more A*-C including English and Maths was 58%.

This year 100% of all Year 11 have achieved 1 or more passes at A*-G pass grades and 96% have achieved 5+ A*-G grades. The excellent results continue to reflect the judgement by OFSTED that there is a high quality of teaching and learning evident at the school, for young people of all abilities, interests and aptitudes.

It was formed by the merging of Cheadle Grammar School and Mackenzie Secondary Modern in 1975 the two schools being adjacent to each other, but separated by what is now Painsley Catholic College. There is now a sixth form college on site - The Cheadle Sixth Form

The Cheadle Academy teaches Science, Maths, English, Languages, Religious Education, Business Studies, Information Communication Technology, Child Development, Performing Arts, Sport, Media Studies, Dance, Geography, History, Art, Technology, Physical Education, Music and Drama.


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