The Catholic High School, Chester
Secondary schoolThe Catholic High School, Chester is a secondary school in Cheshire West and Chester, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 797 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 19 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Catholic High School, Chester was 44.1, against 45.3 in Cheshire West and Chester and 46.2 in England.
36.2% 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 | 44.1 | 45.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36.2% | 43.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61.2% | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 116 | – | – |
- 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
In a straight line- Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed200 m
- Queen's Park High SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 48.6 (2025/26, provisional)880 m
- Belgrave Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- Chester International SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), February 2022. Attainment 8 of 38.5 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- The King's SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.2 km
- Lache Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024, before the school changed1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cheshire West and Chester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).