Which school had the best GCSE results in Cheshire West and Chester in 2024?

On 2024 Attainment 8, Bishop Heber High School topped the table in Cheshire West and Chester with 55.9, against an England average of 45.9. 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.

Where are the latest Cheshire West and Chester GCSE results?

This page is the 2024 archive (the 2023/24 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Cheshire West and Chester are on the main Cheshire West and Chester GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Cheshire West and Chester show no 2024 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2024 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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 2024: secondary school league table

20 state secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester ranked on their 2024 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2023/24 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 7 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2024 archive of the table. See the latest Cheshire West and Chester GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 20 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester ranked on Attainment 8

20 of 20 schools have published 2024 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester ranked on Attainment 8, 2024 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	45.9	0.00	46%	65%	4.07	–
1	Bishop Heber High School Malpas · Foundation school	55.9	+0.72 (0.51 to 0.93)	67%	83%	5.22	207
2	The County High School, Leftwich Northwich · Academy converter	53.7	+0.60 (0.40 to 0.80)	61%	79%	5.27	204
3	Christleton High School Chester · Academy converter	53.6	+0.28 (0.09 to 0.47)	59%	81%	4.77	224
4	Weaverham High School Northwich · Academy converter	52.9	+0.17 (-0.02 to 0.35)	62%	76%	4.69	237
5	Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College Tarporley · Academy converter	52.5	+0.34 (0.14 to 0.54)	52%	78%	4.54	201
6	Upton-by-Chester High School Chester · Foundation school	52.3	+0.36 (0.19 to 0.52)	57%	73%	4.50	281
7	St Nicholas Catholic High School Northwich · Voluntary aided school	49.9	+0.17 (-0.03 to 0.37)	52%	76%	4.54	197
8	The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School Chester · Academy converter	48.8	+0.26 (0.06 to 0.47)	46%	72%	4.15	207
9	Helsby High School Frodsham · Community school	48.3	+0.05 (-0.14 to 0.23)	49%	67%	4.55	231
10	Queen's Park High School Chester · Academy sponsor led	47.5	-0.04 (-0.31 to 0.23)	49%	63%	4.20	118
11	Hartford Church of England High School Northwich · Voluntary aided school	47.1	-0.15 (-0.34 to 0.04)	53%	70%	4.36	207
12	Neston High School Neston · Academy converter	45.1	+0.22 (0.05 to 0.38)	42%	67%	3.81	297
13	The Catholic High School, Chester Chester · Academy converter	44.3	-0.08 (-0.39 to 0.23)	35%	62%	3.76	135
14	Ellesmere Port Catholic High School Ellesmere Port · Academy sponsor led	40.5	-0.47 (-0.69 to -0.25)	28%	55%	3.57	161
15=	Ellesmere Port Church of England College Ellesmere Port · Academy sponsor led	38.4	-0.51 (-0.82 to -0.19)	23%	51%	3.23	91
15=	The Whitby High School Ellesmere Port · Foundation school	38.4	-0.58 (-0.75 to -0.41)	28%	50%	3.46	273
17=	Blacon High School Chester · Foundation school	37.2	-0.63 (-0.88 to -0.38)	24%	47%	2.97	127
17=	The Rudheath Senior Academy Northwich · Academy sponsor led	37.2	-0.22 (-0.50 to 0.05)	27%	49%	3.13	104
19	Chester International School Chester · Studio schools	34.9	-1.20 (-1.54 to -0.87)	27%	38%	3.15	84
20	The Winsford Academy Winsford · Academy sponsor led	29.3	-1.10 (-1.30 to -0.90)	11%	27%	2.52	194

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

Independent schools in Cheshire West and Chester with published 2024 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	58.8	66%	67
Cransley School Northwich · Other independent school	52.6	48%	29
OneSchool Global Northwich Northwich · Other independent school	55.2	56%	9
The Grange School Northwich · Other independent school	29.2	0%	127
The Hammond Chester · Other independent school	35.8	30%	30
The King's School Chester · Other independent school	18.9	0%	129
The Queen's School Chester · Other independent school	69.7	89%	62

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 2024 was 45.9.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2024 archive of the table: each school's 2024 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2024 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Cheshire West and Chester GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

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

Cheshire West and Chester GCSE results 2024: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Cheshire West and Chester with published 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in Cheshire West and Chester

Cheshire West and Chester GCSE results: common questions