Which school has the best GCSE results in Cheshire West and Chester?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College tops the table in Cheshire West and Chester with 55.1, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Cheshire West and Chester schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Cheshire West and Chester show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Cheshire West and Chester GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

20 state secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 7 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 20 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester ranked on Attainment 8

20 of 20 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College Tarporley · Academy converter	55.1	68%	81%	4.68	193
2	Christleton High School Chester · Academy converter	54.8	63%	86%	5.01	216
3=	Bishop Heber High School Malpas · Foundation school	53.8	55%	81%	4.97	204
3=	The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School Chester · Academy converter	53.8	59%	80%	4.67	193
5	The County High School, Leftwich Northwich · Academy converter	51.9	58%	76%	5.05	205
6	St Nicholas Catholic High School Northwich · Voluntary aided school	50.8	46%	72%	4.67	197
7	Weaverham High School Northwich · Academy converter	50.6	57%	70%	4.44	228
8	Hartford Church of England High School Northwich · Voluntary aided school	50.3	56%	77%	4.69	196
9	Upton-by-Chester High School Chester · Foundation school	48.8	43%	67%	4.30	276
10	Helsby High School Frodsham · Community school	47.1	52%	70%	4.44	216
11	The Catholic High School, Chester Chester · Academy converter	46.7	45%	64%	4.00	119
12	Queen's Park High School Chester · Academy sponsor led	44.2	42%	61%	3.83	122
13	Neston High School Neston · Academy converter	43.4	37%	64%	3.70	299
14	Ellesmere Port Church of England College Ellesmere Port · Academy sponsor led	39.0	26%	45%	3.21	82
15	The Whitby High School Ellesmere Port · Foundation school	38.9	31%	54%	3.48	274
16	Ellesmere Port Catholic High School Ellesmere Port · Academy sponsor led	36.9	21%	47%	3.16	170
17	The Rudheath Senior Academy Northwich · Academy sponsor led	35.7	28%	50%	2.98	121
18	Chester International School Chester · Studio schools	34.5	23%	43%	3.22	77
19	Blacon High School Chester · Foundation school	33.2	17%	37%	2.59	133
20	The Winsford Academy Winsford · Academy sponsor led	30.6	14%	29%	2.54	190

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Cheshire West and Chester with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Abbey Gate College Chester · Other independent school	55.0	50%	58
Cransley School Northwich · Other independent school	51.4	64%	25
OneSchool Global Northwich Northwich · Other independent school	19.6	26%	27
The Grange School Northwich · Other independent school	29.2	0%	130
The Hammond Chester · Other independent school	32.0	25%	36
The King's School Chester · Other independent school	19.3	0%	106
The Queen's School Chester · Other independent school	67.4	84%	44

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester on our composite score

Cheshire West and Chester GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Cheshire West and Chester with published GCSE results

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