Report card · inspected May 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 19 May 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 1 December 2021Ungraded 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 entry200 applications · 72 places offered · 70 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2025 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2024 2.3; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2023 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2021 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9
- 2020 2.4; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2019 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6
- 2017 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8
- 2016 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2015 1.5; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.7
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 72 | 200 | 2.8 | 70 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 106 | 223 | 2.1 | 96 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 | 83 | 192 | 2.3 | 75 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 83 | 183 | 2.2 | 72 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 85 | 156 | 1.8 | 76 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2021 | 80 | 156 | 2.0 | 76 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 70 | 169 | 2.4 | 62 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 88 | 195 | 2.2 | 82 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 103 | 201 | 2.0 | 87 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2017 | 112 | 196 | 1.8 | 104 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 87 | 173 | 2.0 | 79 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 123 | 190 | 1.5 | 107 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 | 116 | 191 | 1.7 | 108 | 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.) | 116 | 44.1 | 36% | 61% | – |
| 2024/25 | 119 | 46.7 | 45% | 64% | – |
| 2023/24 | 135 | 44.3 | 35% | 62% | −0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 151 | 43.2 | 37% | 62% | −0.50 |
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
- The Catholic High School, ChesterThis schoolThis school20262.8applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood202238.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 53.7Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20243.0applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.3applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 10.5 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
- 139343 · 896/4603
- Trust
- The Chester Catholic Academies Partnership
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,117 pupils · 797 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 March 2013
- Replaced
- The Catholic High School, Chester A Specialist Science College (URN 111449)
- Address
- Old Wrexham Road, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7HS
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources