Promoting excellence
across the curriculum
"Pupils benefit from a range
of opportunities that advance
their personal development"
(Ofsted 2022)
"Pupils know that
staff have high expectations
of their behaviour"
(Ofsted 2022)
"Pupils feel safe
and have a
warm relationship
with staff"
(Ofsted 2022)
"Pupils and students
in the sixth form are happy
at this school"
(Ofsted 2022)
"Pupils enjoy the
calm atmosphere and
welcoming ethos of the school"
(Ofsted 2022)
"Pupils and students
behave respectfully to staff,
visitors and one another"
(Ofsted 2022)
Rejoice in being
the best we can be
I would like to extend a warm welcome to all families considering joining our community.
Malbank enjoys a distinctive ethos and long-standing traditions. Although the school is proud of its 450 years of history, Malbank is a dynamic and forward-looking organisation and a leading specialist college preparing young people for the future.
“Pupils know that staff have high expectations of their behaviour.”
Ofsted 2022“Pupils’ benefit from a range of opportunities that advance their personal development.”
Ofsted 2022“Pupils enjoy the calm atmosphere and welcoming ethos of the school.”
Ofsted 2022“Pupils and students understand and respect the differences between people.”
Ofsted 2022“Pupils and students behave respectfully to staff, visitors and to one another.”
Ofsted 2022“Pupils feel safe and have warm relationships with staff.”
Ofsted 2022“Pupils enjoy the calm atmosphere and welcoming ethos of the school.”
Ofsted 2022“Pupils feel safe and have warm relationships with staff.”
Ofsted 2022“Pupils’ benefit from a range of opportunities that advance their personal development.”
Ofsted 2022Welcome to the January 2026 edition of the Cheshire East Best Start Family Hub Partner Newsletter! We hope this first newsletter of 2026 finds you and your loved ones well and that you had a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year. Spotlight on... NHS to roll out chickenpox vaccine for...
On Wednesday, we had the pleasure of taking some students to the pantomime to watch Jack and the Beanstalk at the Crewe Lyceum. Thanks to NAGS funding, we were able to cover the cost of the trip, and each student received a selection box as a special treat. The feedback from the students w...
Assisted by the amazing Mrs Lambden (LSA and professional cricket coach), our U13 girls (and Mia) competed in the Cheshire Schools competition which we hosted at Malbank. Considering the girls had never played before, they were amazing. Shavington dropped out today, meaning we just had to play Sandb...
Meet our new sports leaders team. This amazing group of students have recently been giving up hours after school to officiate primary school events and will all be involved in the upcoming house Indoor Athletics competition on Monday and will then be staying until 5.30pm to run the Cheshire Pri...
The 2nd Round Boys Year 8 Cheshire Cup took place on 6th November with Malbank winning 2-0 against All Hallows. Malbank only 11 players due to injury/illness. The boys were absolutely brilliant. Leo got us 1-0 up with a fantastic goal from 20 yards and then Oscar scored...
The PE Department organised a trip for students to watch Manchester City vs. Borussia Dortmund at The Eithad Stadium in Manchester on Wednesday 5th November. The trip was only available to students who have been involved with lunchtime or after-schoo...
Please see the updates from the last two weeks of sporting clubs: Thursday 9th October: Year 10 Boys Football lost 1-0 to St Nicholls in the Cheshire Cup Monday 13th October: U13 Girls Football beat Weaverham 9-3 in the Cheshire Cup Tuesday 14th October: U16 Girls Football lo...
This week our curent Year 11 cohort attended our sixth form open morning, where they had the opportunity to discuss their next steps with teachers and consider their options after GCSE's. Students were able to get more information on subjects they may be interested in studying further from subje...
A massive thanks to our amazing catering team from Chartwells who have absolutely smashed it this week with Christmas dinners. Fantastic food, lots of smiles and a brilliant experience for our kids - we genuinely couldn’t ask for more https://t.co/wIqL9SFNAg
Dec 12Year 7 Christmas dinners bring our fantastic week of family dining to a close https://t.co/0XXZyomH84
Dec 12Thanks to our amazing @MalbankSixthF for organising our Christmas Fayre last night - a cracking event https://t.co/x5UeH3G8kz
Dec 11