North West
Independent schools in Cheshire West and Chester
174 schools, 54,081 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 39.7.
Ofsted across Cheshire West and Chester
Good86
Outstanding13
Requires improvement2
Inadequate1
No overall grade72
102 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 72 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Gate CollegeOther independent school | Chester | No grade | — |
| Cransley SchoolOther independent school | Northwich | No grade | — |
| Jefferson HouseOther independent school | Winsford | No grade | — |
| OneSchool Global NorthwichOther independent school | Northwich | No grade | — |
| The Firs SchoolOther independent school | Cheshire West and Chester | No grade | — |
| The Grange SchoolOther independent school | Northwich | No grade | — |
| The HammondOther independent school | Chester | No grade | — |
| The King's SchoolOther independent school | Chester | No grade | — |
| The Queen's SchoolOther independent school | Chester | No grade | — |