# The Catholic High School, Chester

The 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.

Secondary school. Code E139343. [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 797
- Council: Cheshire West and Chester
- URN: 139343

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report 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
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 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

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

- [Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/overleigh-st-marys-church-of-england-primary-school-e150917): 200 m. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed
- [Queen's Park High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queens-park-high-school-e143817): 880 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 48.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Belgrave Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/belgrave-primary-school-e148455): 940 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Chester International School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chester-international-school-e144742): 1.1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2022. Attainment 8 of 38.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [The King's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-kings-school-e111485): 1.2 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Lache Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lache-primary-school-e150470): 1.5 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024, before the school changed

## 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/139343)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139343)

## How to cite

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