Schools in Cheshire West and Chester
177 schools in the Cheshire West and Chester local authority.
Schools
177
Open schools
Pupils
54,556
2025–26 census
Good or better
93%
128 of 137 graded
Academic Performance
5.1
out of 10 · 154 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 19 14%
- Good
- 109 80%
- Requires improvement
- 8 6%
- Inadequate
- 1 <1%
14 inspected since 2024, no overall grade18 superseded by a report card26 not judged2 in a category of concern
5.1
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 154 of 177 schools that can be scored
Pupils
54,556
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 173 of 177 schools (54,556 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
89%Asian
3%Black
2%Mixed
4%Chinese
<1%Any other group
<1%Unclassified
<1%Ethnicity from 158 of 177 schools (50,390 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 20.3%
- First language not English
- 8.6%
- Young carers
- 1.8%
10,243 of 50,390 pupils · 158 of 177 schools
4,355 of 50,390 pupils · 158 of 177 schools
911 of 50,390 pupils · 158 of 177 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 129
- Secondary
- 21
- All-through
- 6
- Special
- 15
- PRU
- 2
- Not recorded
- 4
Top primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Acresfield AcademyCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Childer Thornton Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.Delamere CofE Primary AcademyCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 4.Guilden Sutton CofE Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 5.Willaston CofE Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 6.Kelsall Primary and Nursery SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 7.Mill View Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 8.Boughton Heath AcademyCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 9.Barnton Community Nursery and Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 10.Lower Peover CofE Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 11.Wolverham Primary and Nursery SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.2/10Outstanding
- 12.Comberbach Nursery and Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary8.9/10Good
- 13.St Martin's Academy ChesterCheshire West and Chester · Primary8.9/10
- 14.St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary8.8/10Good
- 15.Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary8.5/10Good
- 16.Christleton Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary8.3/10
- 17.Eaton Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary8.2/10Good
- 18.Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary8.2/10Good
- 19.St. Chad's Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary8.1/10Good
- 20.Belgrave Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary8.0/10Good
Top secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.The County High School, LeftwichCheshire West and Chester · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Christleton High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary8.5/10Good
- 3.Tarporley High School and Sixth Form CollegeCheshire West and Chester · Secondary8.4/10Good
- 4.Bishop Heber High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 5.The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 6.Hartford Church of England High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 7.Weaverham High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary7.7/10Good
- 8.St Nicholas Catholic High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary7.3/10Good
- 9.Helsby High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary7.1/10Good
- 10.Upton-by-Chester High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary6.6/10Good
- 11.The Catholic High School, ChesterCheshire West and Chester · Secondary6.1/10Good
- 12.Queen's Park High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary5.6/10
- 13.Neston High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary3.2/10Good
- 14.The Whitby High SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary2.2/10Good
- 15.Ellesmere Port Church of England CollegeCheshire West and Chester · Secondary1.8/10Good
- 16.The Rudheath Senior AcademyCheshire West and Chester · Secondary1.5/10Good
- 17.Chester International SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Secondary1.4/10Good
- 18.The Winsford AcademyCheshire West and Chester · Secondary1.3/10
- 19.Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports CollegeCheshire West and Chester · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
- 20.Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyCheshire West and Chester · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
Browse all 177 schools in Cheshire West and Chester — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Cheshire West and Chester
- How many schools are there in Cheshire West and Chester?
- Cheshire West and Chester has 177 open schools — 129 primary, 21 secondary, 15 special, teaching 54,556 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Cheshire West and Chester are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 128 of the 137 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 93% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 19 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 177: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Cheshire West and Chester?
- 5.1 out of 10, averaged across the 154 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Cheshire West and Chester schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 40 schools in Cheshire West and Chester currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Cheshire West and Chester local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Cheshire West and Chester covers 177 schools and sits in the North West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Cheshire West and Chester are eligible for free school meals?
- 20.3% — 10,243 of 50,390 pupils at the 158 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North West region.