Graded inspection · May 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 entry648 applications · 219 places offered · 214 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2025 3.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2024 3.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2023 3.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2022 2.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2021 3.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2020 3.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2019 3.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2018 3.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6
- 2017 3.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2016 3.3; 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 | 219 | 648 | 3.0 | 214 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 215 | 684 | 3.2 | 214 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 211 | 707 | 3.4 | 249 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2023 | 213 | 710 | 3.3 | 223 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 223 | 593 | 2.7 | 263 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2021 | 216 | 711 | 3.3 | 273 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2020 | 222 | 681 | 3.1 | 246 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 | 222 | 693 | 3.1 | 271 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2018 | 222 | 695 | 3.1 | 282 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2017 | 221 | 660 | 3.0 | 271 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2016 | 204 | 662 | 3.3 | 262 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2015 | 208 | 636 | 3.1 | 253 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2014 | 203 | 575 | 2.8 | 239 | 1.18 |
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.) | 212 | 52.4 | 55% | 79% | – |
| 2024/25 | 216 | 54.8 | 63% | 86% | – |
| 2023/24 | 224 | 53.6 | 59% | 81% | +0.28 |
| 2022/23 | 217 | 56.4 | 66% | 83% | +0.46 |
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
- Christleton High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.0applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 53.7Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood202238.5Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.8applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.3applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.1applications per place 36.2Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136645 · 896/4149
- Trust
- The Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,330 pupils · 1,382 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Christleton High School (URN 111421)
- Address
- Village Road, Christleton, Chester, CH3 7AD
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources