Graded inspection · Jun 2023 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 |
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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 entry583 applications · 233 places offered · 237 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2025 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2024 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2023 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2022 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2021 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2020 2.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2019 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2018 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6
- 2017 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2016 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2015 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.7
- 2014 2.6; 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 | 233 | 583 | 2.5 | 237 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 222 | 519 | 2.3 | 206 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 196 | 518 | 2.6 | 178 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 237 | 576 | 2.4 | 221 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 230 | 491 | 2.1 | 215 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 209 | 530 | 2.5 | 223 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 209 | 571 | 2.7 | 255 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2019 | 210 | 489 | 2.3 | 205 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 209 | 529 | 2.5 | 224 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 | 210 | 501 | 2.4 | 237 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 221 | 503 | 2.3 | 209 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 178 | 387 | 2.2 | 143 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 | 147 | 388 | 2.6 | 142 | 0.97 |
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.) | 215 | 49.7 | 60% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 196 | 50.3 | 56% | 77% | – |
| 2023/24 | 207 | 47.1 | 53% | 70% | −0.15 |
| 2022/23 | 212 | 51.4 | 59% | 76% | −0.06 |
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
- Hartford Church of England High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.5applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20242.2applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.3applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.1applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20231.4applications per place 32.2Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 32.0Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · Cheshire EastGood20222.0applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · Halton20261.7applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 12.0 km · Cheshire East20262.0applications per place 52.9Attainment 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
- 138148 · 896/4001
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,102 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Hartford High School A Specialist Languages and Sports College (URN 111441)
- Address
- Hartford Campus Chester Road, Northwich, CW8 1LH
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources