Graded inspection · Apr 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 | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry344 applications · 196 places offered · 188 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2025 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2024 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2023 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2022 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2021 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2019 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6
- 2017 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2016 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2015 1.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.7
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 196 | 344 | 1.8 | 188 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 207 | 359 | 1.7 | 216 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 207 | 361 | 1.7 | 219 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2023 | 209 | 377 | 1.8 | 239 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 | 209 | 314 | 1.5 | 214 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 207 | 305 | 1.5 | 200 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 209 | 293 | 1.4 | 203 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 213 | 334 | 1.6 | 226 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 209 | 327 | 1.6 | 244 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 | 209 | 316 | 1.5 | 217 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2016 | 207 | 377 | 1.8 | 248 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 | 209 | 330 | 1.6 | 223 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 189 | 253 | 1.3 | 176 | 0.93 |
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.) | 206 | 57.5 | 66% | 83% | – |
| 2024/25 | 193 | 55.1 | 68% | 81% | – |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 52.5 | 52% | 78% | +0.34 |
| 2022/23 | 206 | 53.7 | 61% | 79% | +0.38 |
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
- Tarporley High School and Sixth Form CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 57.5Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 32.0Attainment 8
- 11.7 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20243.0applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 12.8 km · Cheshire EastGood20222.1applications per place
- 13.1 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.1applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
- 13.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20232.5applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 13.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 53.7Attainment 8
- 13.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20242.2applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.3applications per place 50.1Attainment 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
- 138483 · 896/4135
- Trust
- Sandstone Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,270 pupils · 1,219 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2012
- Replaced
- Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College (URN 111416)
- Address
- Eaton Road, Tarporley, CW6 0BL
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources