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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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 30 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 20 November 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry599 applications · 202 places offered · 219 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2025 3.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2024 3.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2023 3.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2022 2.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2021 3.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2020 3.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2019 2.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2018 3.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6
- 2017 3.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2016 3.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2015 3.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.7
- 2014 2.8; 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 | 599 | 3.0 | 219 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2025 | 202 | 674 | 3.3 | 224 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2024 | 209 | 624 | 3.0 | 213 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 206 | 663 | 3.2 | 253 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2022 | 208 | 565 | 2.7 | 193 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 196 | 635 | 3.2 | 216 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 | 209 | 616 | 3.0 | 231 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 | 209 | 600 | 2.9 | 169 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 170 | 561 | 3.3 | 175 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2017 | 165 | 523 | 3.2 | 145 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 | 162 | 570 | 3.5 | 179 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2015 | 172 | 540 | 3.1 | 200 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2014 | 169 | 480 | 2.8 | 170 | 1.01 |
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.) | 196 | 53.7 | 58% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 193 | 53.8 | 59% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 207 | 48.8 | 46% | 72% | +0.26 |
| 2022/23 | 178 | 51.9 | 48% | 78% | +0.42 |
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
- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 53.7Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood202238.5Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.8applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20243.0applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.3applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 9.3 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.1applications per place 36.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136543 · 896/4623
- Trust
- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,253 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School (URN 111455)
- Address
- Vaughans Lane, Great Boughton, Chester, CH3 5XF
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources