Which school had the best GCSE results in Chester in 2025?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Christleton High School topped the table in Chester with 54.8, against an England average of 46.1. 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 Chester GCSE results?

This page is the 2025 archive (the 2024/25 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Chester are on the main 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. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Chester show no 2025 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2025 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.

Chester GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

7 state secondary schools in Chester ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 4 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2025 archive of the table. See the latest Chester GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Town 8 state secondary schools 2024/25 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Chester ranked on Attainment 8

7 of 8 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Chester ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.1	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Christleton High School Chester · Academy converter	54.8	63%	86%	5.01	216
2 , up 1 place since 2024	The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School Chester · Academy converter	53.8	59%	80%	4.67	193
3 , down 1 place since 2024	Upton-by-Chester High School Chester · Foundation school	48.8	43%	67%	4.30	276
4 , up 1 place since 2024	The Catholic High School, Chester Chester · Academy converter	46.7	45%	64%	4.00	119
5 , down 1 place since 2024	Queen's Park High School Chester · Academy sponsor led	44.2	42%	61%	3.83	122
6 , up 1 place since 2024	Chester International School Chester · Studio schools	34.5	23%	43%	3.22	77
7 , down 1 place since 2024	Blacon High School Chester · Foundation school	33.2	17%	37%	2.59	133
–	Tute Education Ltd Chester · Online provider · No published GCSE results for 2025	–	–	–	–	–

Under each rank: the change since the 2024 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2024 result.

Independent schools in Chester with published 2025 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
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 46.1.

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. 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.

This is the 2025 archive of the table: each school's 2025 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2025 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Chester GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Chester on our composite score

Chester GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Chester ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Chester with published 2025 GCSE results

More about schools in Chester

Chester GCSE results: common questions