The Catholic High School, Chester

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Cheshire West and ChesterLocal Authority

Chester South and EddisburyConstituency

CH4 7HSPostcode

6.1

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

The Catholic High School, Chester is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Cheshire West and Chester, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 797 pupils. The Catholic High School, Chester is part of The Chester Catholic Academies Partnership.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 19 May 2026 · published 28 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 46.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 44.5%
EBacc average point score: 4

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

797

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 797
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: The Chester Catholic Academies Partnership

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 1 December 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
13 Oct 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.