Middlewich High School is a secondary academy in Middlewich, United Kingdom with 665 pupils, part of The Sir John Brunner Foundation. Ofsted: Good, inspected 13 December 2022. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Learning Practitioner (closes 16 November). Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Lydia Naylor, Headteacher
Trust or group
The Sir John Brunner Foundation
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
665 pupils · 53% girls · 26.2% eligible for free school meals · 2.9% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
100 (15.0%) on SEN support · 54 (8.1%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
Cheshire East
Location
Middlewich, CW10 9BU, United Kingdom
Telephone
01606537670
Visa sponsorship
Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A), as The Sir John Brunner Foundation. Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
Salary £10,068 to £22,338 a yearCloses 16 NovStarts January 2027
Part time
Role: Learning Practitioner (2 x positions available) Salary: Grade 6 (SCP 12 - SCP 17) £29,542 - £32,046 (FTE Salary) Reporting to: SENCO Position 1 Start date: January 2027…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
41.3
28.6%
2024/25
41.2
34.3%
2023/24
40.8
37.3%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
13 December 2022
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
40.1
16.6
–
0
£52,607
2023/24
33.6
20.9
35%
0
£41,414
2022/23
34.6
20.6
46%
0
£41,725
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
7.9%
1.8%
22.7%
3.0%
2024/25
8.1%
1.9%
22.8%
4.5%
2023/24
9.8%
2.3%
28.7%
4.2%
2022/23
10.4%
2.0%
32.5%
3.6%
2021/22
11.0%
1.1%
35.9%
3.6%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
2 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 teaching. Most often advertised: Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages, Teacher of Music. Last advertised May 2026.
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