North West
Secondary 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.
Secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Sorted by Attainment 8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarporley High School and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter | Tarporley | Good 2023 | 55.1 |
| Christleton High SchoolAcademy converter | Chester | Good 2024 | 54.8 |
| Bishop Heber High SchoolFoundation school | Malpas | Good 2022 | 53.8 |
| The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High SchoolAcademy converter | Chester | No grade | 53.8 |
| The County High School, LeftwichAcademy converter | Northwich | Outstanding 2022 | 51.9 |
| St Nicholas Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Northwich | Good 2024 | 50.8 |
| Weaverham High SchoolAcademy converter | Northwich | No grade | 50.6 |
| Hartford Church of England High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Northwich | Good 2023 | 50.3 |
| Upton-by-Chester High SchoolFoundation school | Chester | No grade | 48.8 |
| Helsby High SchoolCommunity school | Frodsham | Good 2023 | 47.1 |
| The Catholic High School, ChesterAcademy converter | Chester | No grade | 46.7 |
| Queen's Park High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Chester | No grade | 44.2 |
| Neston High SchoolAcademy converter | Neston | Good 2022 | 43.4 |
| Ellesmere Port Church of England CollegeAcademy sponsor led | Ellesmere Port | Good 2023 | 39 |
| The Whitby High SchoolFoundation school | Ellesmere Port | Good 2022 | 38.9 |
| Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ellesmere Port | No grade | 36.9 |
| The Rudheath Senior AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Northwich | Good 2023 | 35.7 |
| Chester International SchoolStudio schools | Chester | Good 2022 | 34.5 |
| Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports CollegeFoundation school | Chester | No grade | 33.2 |
| The Winsford AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Winsford | No grade | 30.6 |