The Macclesfield Academy
Secondary school in Macclesfield, Cheshire East. Requires improvement (Feb 2020).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 25 February 2020, report published 21 July 2020, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to The Macclesfield Academy (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. The Macclesfield Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around August 2022
The last inspection was in February 2020. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2025 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 0.5 milesAll Hallows Catholic College
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Nov 2024)
- 1.4 milesTytherington School
Report card, Jun 2026: 5 strong, 2 expected
- 1.7 milesThe Fallibroome Academy
Good (Nov 2022)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.