The Whitby High School
Sycamore Drive, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NU
Local ranking14th of 21 secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1625
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 42.7%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 274
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 36.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.1
Avg Points/Entry
34.0
Best 3 A-Levels
56
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 20.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 156
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1477
- Boys
- 749 (51%)
- Girls
- 728 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1625 (91% full)
- SEND
- 11.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.2%
- EAL
- 7.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 9.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,241/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.5%
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: 87.5%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Other: 2.9%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Asian Chinese: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
87.5%
White British
2.9%
White Other
2.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 111429
- UKPRN
- 10006862
- Establishment No.
- 4167
- Trust
- Seahorse Educational Trust