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Adelaide Heath Academy

Special schoolAges 8–18AcademySixth form

Knutsford, WA16 8PA · Cheshire East local authority

Knutsford’s School Grade A+ better than 97% of towns in England

How full
84 pupils
97% of its 87 places
Free school meals
69%
69 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Adelaide Heath Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 69% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WA16 8) sold for a median £414,997; Knutsford’s is £460,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 9 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Adelaide Heath beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 10.1

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Cheshire East avg 46.8

20304050607080England avg 47.3Adelaide Heath 10.1

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Cheshire East avg 45%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Adelaide Heath 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
9.7
2024/25
9.7
2025/26
10.1

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-2.07: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Grade 4 or above in English and maths11%
England’s schools 66% · Cheshire East 66% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

87 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
3.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
96.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
73.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 33%Boys 67%
Its letter

No letter for Adelaide Heath Academy

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, June 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Adelaide Heath Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in WA16 8, the school’s postcode sector

Knutsford property prices →
£414,997
median sale, 406 sales in 36 months · Knutsford £460,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K2010201520202025WA16 8Knutsford
WA16 8Knutsford

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£610K
Semi-detached
£382K
Terraced
£331K
Flat
£248K
WA16 8Knutsford

Homes in WA16 8 sell for a little under Knutsford’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

5 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−AA+B+A−Adelaide Heath Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Knutsford, WA16 8PA

Adelaide Heath Academy: common questions

What is Adelaide Heath Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2024).

How much do houses cost near Adelaide Heath Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, WA16 8, sold for a median £414,997 over the 36 months to August 2026 (406 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Knutsford’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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