Secondary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Capenhurst Lane, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 7AQ
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 28 April 2026.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.
Progress 8 2023/24
Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as below average.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
A levels 2024/25
- Average grade per entry
- C-
- Average points per entry
- 28.2
- A level students
- 42
England average 32.3
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 950
- Places
- 988
- How full
- Nearly full — 950 of 988 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 485 / 465
- Overall absence
- 11%
- Persistently absent
- 33%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 38%
- English as an additional language
- 8%
- With an EHC plan
- 6%
- On SEN support
- 16%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Cheshire West and Chester 010D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 26%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 19%
- Households owning their home
- 79%
- Households in social housing
- 5%
- Households with no car
- 15%
- Adults economically inactive
- 36%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Lorraine Henderson
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Ward
- Whitby Park
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- URN
- 149631
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Port Church of England CollegeAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 39 | 0.5 mi |
| The Whitby High SchoolFoundation school | Good 2022 | 38.9 | 0.5 mi |
| South Wirral High SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | — | 3.9 mi |
| Upton-by-Chester High SchoolFoundation school | No grade | 48.8 | 4.3 mi |
| The HammondOther independent school | No grade | — | 4.5 mi |
| Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports CollegeFoundation school | No grade | 33.2 | 4.7 mi |
| The Queen's SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 5.6 mi |
| ES Independent SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 5.7 mi |
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Biddenham International School and Sports CollegeFoundation school | No grade | 42.1 |
| Landau Forte CollegeAcademy sponsor led | Outstanding 2024 | 55.4 |
| The Bourne AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 44.2 |
| Dunraven SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 49.7 |
| Cotham SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 51.8 |
| Chiswick SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 54.5 |
| North Gosforth AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 43.9 |
| Holmleigh Park High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 41.8 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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