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Academy sponsor led · Cheshire West and Chester

Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 950Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 149631URN

Capenhurst Lane, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH65 7AQ

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
close to Cheshire West and Chester median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester

325 applications for 152 places · 7th of 19 in Cheshire West and Chester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.2of 90
17th of 20 in Cheshire West and Chester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 22 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention

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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 entry
2.1applications per place, Year 7
close to Cheshire West and Chester median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

325 applications · 152 places offered · 145 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.2; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0
  4. 2023 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.9; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.0; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.9; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Cheshire West and Chester median median 1.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Cheshire West and Chester median

Dashed bars: as Ellesmere Port Catholic High School (URN 111451), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261523252.11450.95
Sep 20251393122.21300.94
Sep 20241633322.01500.92
Sep 2023 *1753141.81490.85
Sep 2022 *1803091.71650.92
Sep 2021 *1432802.01350.94
Sep 2020 *1633182.01550.95
Sep 2019 *1783031.71430.80
Sep 2018 *1793401.91710.96
Sep 2017 *1602961.91450.91
Sep 2016 *1672811.71390.83
Sep 2015 *1332251.71180.89
Sep 2014 *1132041.81010.89

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

163 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.217th of 20 in Cheshire West and Chester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths18%20th of 20 in Cheshire West and Chester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths47%
  • This school
  • Cheshire West and Chester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.47
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16336.218%47%–
2024/2517036.921%47%–
2023/2416140.528%55%−0.47
2022/23–

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
149631 · 896/4010
Trust
Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
988 pupils · 950 on roll
Free school meals
35.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2023
Replaced
Ellesmere Port Catholic High School (URN 111451)
Address
Capenhurst Lane, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH65 7AQ
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester

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