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# Middlewich High School

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](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **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.
- **Website:** [mhs.school](https://mhs.school/)
- **Register number:** URN 148693 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148693))
- **Ofsted:** Good, inspected 13 December 2022

## Vacancies (1)

- [Learning Practitioner](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/1pu7n29m9vs-learning-practitioner) · Salary £10,068 to £22,338 a year · Closes 16 Nov · Starts 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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## Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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