The Lodge AP
The Lodge AP is an independent school in Sandbach for boys and girls aged 13 to 18. It has 16 pupils and room for 32.
Sandbach House, 36 Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 4NE01270 758880thelodgeap.orgMr David Evans headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Cheshire East council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandbach Primary Academy | Academy | 220 m | 149 | No overall grade 2024 | 62 | Compare |
| Sandbach School | Free school | 250 m | 1,534 | No overall grade 2025 | 70 | Compare |
| Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College | Academy | 530 m | 1,340 | Good 2022 | 83 | Compare |
| Offley Primary Academy | Academy | 760 m | 454 | No overall grade 2024 | 66 | Compare |
| Wheelock Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 394 | Good 2024 | 38 | Compare |
| Elworth Hall Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 209 | No overall grade 2024 | 42 | Compare |
| Elworth CofE Primary School | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 413 | Good 2023 | 75 | Compare |
| St John's CofE Academy | Academy | 1.1 miles | 154 | Inadequate 2023 | 0 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Lodge AP a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Lodge AP yet.
How many pupils does The Lodge AP have?
16 pupils aged 13 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 32 places, so it is 50% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Sandbach House, 36 Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 4NE
- Telephone
- 01270 758880
- Website
- thelodgeap.org
- Headteacher
- Mr David Evans
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 13-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Ward
- Sandbach Town
- Constituency
- Congleton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 17 July 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151776 · LAESTAB 8956044 · UKPRN 10101613
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.