St Nicholas Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Northwich, CW8 1JW
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Hartford Church of England High School
Hartford Campus Chester Road, Northwich, CW8 1LH
Local ranking9th of 20 secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 20 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 59.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 215
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1070
- Boys
- 578 (52%)
- Girls
- 524 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (92% full)
- SEND
- 12.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.7%
- EAL
- 4.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 10.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,394/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.5%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
91.5%
White British
1.8%
White Other
1.4%
Asian Chinese
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hartford Campus Chester Road
Northwich, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138148
- UKPRN
- 10038790
- Establishment No.
- 4001
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