Upton-by-Chester High School
St James Avenue, Upton-by-Chester, Chester, CH2 1NN
Local ranking5th of 21 secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1670
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.8
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 35.9%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3
- Cohort Size
- 276
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.5
Avg Points/Entry
34.8
Best 3 A-Levels
152
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.9%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 314
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1752
- Boys
- 905 (52%)
- Girls
- 847 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1670 (105% full)
- SEND
- 18.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.2%
- EAL
- 8.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 15.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 98.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,337/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 77.2%
- White Other: 5.7%
- Other: 5.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
77.2%
White British
5.7%
White Other
5.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 111422
- UKPRN
- 10007183
- Establishment No.
- 4153