Malbank School and Sixth Form College
Secondary · Nantwich · CW5 5HD
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 14 June 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,289 pupils · 93% of 1,384 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.malbank.com
- URN
- 152168
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 218 families named it first for 232 Year 7 places, 0.94 first choices per place. We hold 10 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 14 June 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place232 places offered · 218 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Criterion 8
- 5.047 miles
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Nantwich school admissions · Cheshire East school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 84% (Cheshire East 80%, England 59%) · Any other White background 6% (Cheshire East 5%, England 7%) · Black African 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Cheshire East 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Cheshire East 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 44% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 11.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 47.1% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 9.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 53.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 65.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 5.4% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 29.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 14.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 19.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 16% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 11.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033372 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £273,000395 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £195,000–£386,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 4an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted