# Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Cheshire West and Chester, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 950 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E149631. [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 950
- Council: Cheshire West and Chester
- URN: 149631

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 28 April 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy was 36.2, against 45.3 in Cheshire West and Chester and 46.2 in England.
17.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Cheshire West and Chester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 36.2 | 45.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17.8% | 43.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46.6% | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 163 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-star-of-the-sea-catholic-primary-school-e135246): 70 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2022. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Bridge Short Stay School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-bridge-short-stay-school-e138450): 230 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, May 2024
- [Hinderton School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hinderton-school-e111510): 260 m. Special. School remains Outstanding, June 2023
- [Whitby Heath Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitby-heath-primary-school-e111087): 570 m. Primary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ellesmere-port-christ-church-cofe-primary-school-e111351): 820 m. Primary. School remains Good, December 2022. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ellesmere Port Church of England College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ellesmere-port-church-of-england-college-e146742): 820 m. Secondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 36.9 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/149631)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/149631)

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