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The County High School, Leftwich

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,046Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 138743URN

Granville Road, Northwich, CW9 8EZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.2 above Cheshire West and Chester median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester

466 applications for 205 places · 5th of 19 in Cheshire West and Chester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.1of 90
7th of 20 in Cheshire West and Chester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 8 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
  2. 27 April 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.2 above Cheshire West and Chester median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

466 applications · 205 places offered · 226 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.6; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.7
  13. 2014 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Cheshire West and Chester median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262054662.32261.10
Sep 20252044762.32401.18
Sep 20242094982.42451.17
Sep 20232055102.52401.17
Sep 20222104992.42311.10
Sep 20212065282.62371.15
Sep 20201955162.72151.10
Sep 20191965532.82831.44
Sep 20181964952.52581.32
Sep 20171934512.32141.11
Sep 20162014752.42351.17
Sep 20152034122.02021.00
Sep 20141943862.01910.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

209 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.17th of 20 in Cheshire West and Chester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths52%9th of 20 in Cheshire West and Chester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%
  • This school
  • Cheshire West and Chester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.60
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20950.152%69%–
2024/2520551.958%76%–
2023/2420453.761%79%+0.60
2022/2320054.864%85%+0.33

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

  • 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
138743 · 896/4134
Trust
The Sir John Brunner Foundation
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 1,046 on roll
Free school meals
15.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
The County High School Leftwich (URN 111415)
Address
Granville Road, Northwich, CW9 8EZ
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources