Graded inspection · Feb 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
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 | Good |
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 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.) | 76 | 38.5 | 28% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 77 | 34.5 | 23% | 43% | – |
| 2023/24 | 84 | 34.9 | 27% | 38% | −1.20 |
| 2022/23 | 81 | 40.4 | 27% | 53% | −0.65 |
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
- Chester International SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood202238.5Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.8applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 53.7Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Cheshire West and ChesterStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20243.0applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.3applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 8.8 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 9.7 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
- Studio schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144742 · 896/4003
- Trust
- The Learning Trust
- Capacity
- 320 pupils · 229 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Address
- Queens Park Campus, Queens Park Road, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7AE
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources