# The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School

The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School is a secondary school in Cheshire West and Chester, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,253 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E136543. [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,253
- Council: Cheshire West and Chester
- URN: 136543

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, April 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 20 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 30 April 2025
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 The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School was 53.7, against 45.3 in Cheshire West and Chester and 46.2 in England.
57.7% 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 | 53.7 | 45.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57.7% | 43.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78.1% | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 196 | – | – |

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.

- [Dee Banks School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dee-banks-school-e111494): 340 m. Special. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding not met, special measures
- [Boughton Heath Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boughton-heath-academy-e141614): 390 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), July 2024. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Cherry Grove Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cherry-grove-primary-school-e111209): 770 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Chester International School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chester-international-school-e144742): 1.2 km. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2022. Attainment 8 of 38.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Queen's Park High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queens-park-high-school-e143817): 1.3 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 48.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-werburghs-and-st-columbas-catholic-primary-school-e111384): 1.4 km. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/136543)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/136543)

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