Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry444 applications · 202 places offered · 182 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2025 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2024 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2023 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2022 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2021 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2019 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6
- 2017 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2016 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2015 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.7
- 2014 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 202 | 444 | 2.2 | 182 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 215 | 464 | 2.2 | 208 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 218 | 438 | 2.0 | 218 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 212 | 463 | 2.2 | 215 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2022 | 213 | 368 | 1.7 | 195 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 193 | 370 | 1.9 | 175 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 221 | 401 | 1.8 | 204 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 226 | 409 | 1.8 | 195 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 | 218 | 431 | 2.0 | 225 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2017 | 196 | 345 | 1.8 | 200 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2016 | 193 | 463 | 2.4 | 244 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2015 | 226 | 438 | 1.9 | 271 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2014 | 219 | 355 | 1.6 | 218 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 210 | 49.7 | 48% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 197 | 50.8 | 46% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 197 | 49.9 | 52% | 76% | +0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 208 | 53.2 | 59% | 82% | +0.36 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Nicholas Catholic High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.2applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20232.5applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.3applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20231.4applications per place 32.2Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.1applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 32.0Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · Cheshire EastGood20222.0applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · Cheshire East20262.0applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 12.0 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 111450 · 896/4610
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,240 pupils · 1,201 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Address
- Greenbank Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1JW
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources