Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 23 June 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 9 February 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry647 applications · 302 places offered · 294 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2025 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2024 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2023 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2022 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2021 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2020 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2019 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2018 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6
- 2017 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2016 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2015 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.7
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 302 | 647 | 2.1 | 294 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 289 | 712 | 2.5 | 299 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 290 | 696 | 2.4 | 296 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 294 | 751 | 2.6 | 331 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 295 | 773 | 2.6 | 355 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2021 | 293 | 753 | 2.6 | 320 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2020 | 293 | 657 | 2.2 | 315 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2019 | 298 | 709 | 2.4 | 329 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 296 | 741 | 2.5 | 400 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2017 | 296 | 669 | 2.3 | 336 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2016 | 271 | 676 | 2.5 | 321 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2015 | 267 | 603 | 2.3 | 291 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2014 | 270 | 547 | 2.0 | 268 | 0.99 |
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.) | 298 | 46.2 | 40% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 299 | 43.4 | 37% | 64% | – |
| 2023/24 | 297 | 45.1 | 42% | 67% | +0.22 |
| 2022/23 | 301 | 46.1 | 44% | 70% | +0.18 |
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
- Neston High SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · WirralGood20221.9applications per place 38.1Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · WirralGood20222.5applications per place 68.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.4 km · WirralOutstanding20222.2applications per place 70.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.5 km · WirralRemains Good20233.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · WirralGood20232.7applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · WirralGood20222.2applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · WirralRemains Good20222.5applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · WirralGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138318 · 896/4100
- Trust
- Neston High School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,719 pupils · 1,712 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2012
- Replaced
- Neston High School (URN 111398)
- Address
- Raby Park Road, Neston, CH64 9NH
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources