Multi-academy trust

The Sir John Brunner Foundation

4 schools across 2 local authorities in North West, teaching 2,325 pupils.

The trust at a glance

Schools: 4
Primary: 0
Secondary: 3
Pupils: 2,325
Average Attainment 8: 45.3

Across the 3 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits about level with the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.

0.31confidence interval 0.15 to 0.46

Pupil-weighted Progress 8 is 0.31 (interval 0.15 to 0.46). The interval sits entirely above zero, so this looks like a real gain rather than noise. Weighted by 339 pupils across 2 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).

Ofsted across the trust

Good1

Requires improvement1

No overall grade2

2 of the trust's 4 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 2 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.

Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 1 Good, 1 Requires improvement; 2 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.

Schools in The Sir John Brunner Foundation

School	Area	Ofsted	Attainment 8	Progress 8
Sir John Deane's Sixth Form CollegeAcademy 16-19 converter	Northwich	No overall grade	—	—
Middlewich High SchoolAcademy converter	Middlewich	Good 2022	41.2	-0.14-0.37 to 0.10 · not a win
The County High School, LeftwichAcademy converter	Northwich	Report card 2026	51.9	0.600.40 to 0.80
The Macclesfield AcademyAcademy sponsor led	Macclesfield	Requires improvement 2020	42.7	—

Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.