Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| 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
- 24 March 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 11 March 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as Weaverham High School, URN 111414
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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 entry461 applications · 225 places offered · 224 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2025 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
- 2024 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
- 2023 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire West and Chester median
Dashed bars: as Weaverham High School (URN 111414), the previous school.
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 | 225 | 461 | 2.1 | 224 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 200 | 434 | 2.2 | 196 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 231 | 460 | 2.0 | 232 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 222 | 458 | 2.1 | 209 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 * | 234 | 434 | 1.9 | 249 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2021 * | 234 | 459 | 2.0 | 239 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 * | 239 | 440 | 1.8 | 222 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 235 | 416 | 1.8 | 220 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 * | 226 | 384 | 1.7 | 189 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2017 * | 215 | 432 | 2.0 | 209 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 221 | 431 | 2.0 | 220 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 210 | 407 | 1.9 | 198 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 209 | 407 | 2.0 | 202 | 0.97 |
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.) | 229 | 53.5 | 59% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 228 | 50.6 | 57% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 237 | 52.9 | 62% | 76% | +0.17 |
| 2022/23 * | 220 | 48.7 | 48% | 69% | −0.11 |
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
- Weaverham High SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20232.5applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGood20242.2applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · Cheshire West and Chester20262.3applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20231.4applications per place 32.2Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · Cheshire West and ChesterSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 32.0Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · Halton20261.7applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 10.5 km · HaltonGood20242.1applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · HaltonGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 37.5Attainment 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
- 149614 · 896/4132
- Trust
- Sandstone Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,175 pupils · 1,154 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2023
- Replaced
- Weaverham High School (URN 111414)
- Address
- Lime Avenue, Weaverham, Northwich, CW8 3HT
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources