North West
Special 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.
Special 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 School for Exceptional ChildrenOther independent special school | Cheshire West and Chester | No grade | — |
| Adventure Wellbeing SchoolOther independent special school | Northwich | No grade | — |
| Archers Brook SEMH SchoolCommunity special school | Ellesmere Port | No grade | — |
| Dee Banks SchoolCommunity special school | Chester | Good 2022 | — |
| Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN CollegeCommunity special school | Chester | Good 2024 | — |
| Elmy Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Northwich | No grade | — |
| Fern House School and CollegeOther independent special school | Frodsham | No grade | — |
| Greenbank SchoolCommunity special school | Northwich | No grade | — |
| Hinderton SchoolCommunity special school | Ellesmere Port | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Maple Grove SchoolOther independent special school | Cheshire West and Chester | No grade | — |
| Oak CottageOther independent special school | Knutsford | No grade | — |
| Oaklands SchoolCommunity special school | Winsford | No grade | — |
| Rivacre BrookOther independent special school | Ellesmere Port | No grade | — |
| Rosebank SchoolCommunity special school | Northwich | Good 2022 | — |
| Thrive Education and WellbeingOther independent special school | Sutton Weaver | No grade | — |
| iMap CentreOther independent special school | Chester | No grade | — |