St Nicholas Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Northwich, CW8 1JW
- Distance
- 1.5km away
The County High School, Leftwich
Granville Road, Northwich, CW9 8EZ
Local ranking2nd of 20 secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 2 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 50.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 51.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 209
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1048
- Boys
- 501 (48%)
- Girls
- 545 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (100% full)
- SEND
- 13.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.8%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 9.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,024/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
- 7.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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: 88.5%
- Asian Chinese: 3.3%
- White Other: 2.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
88.5%
White British
3.3%
Asian Chinese
2.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Granville Road
Northwich, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138743
- UKPRN
- 10038674
- Establishment No.
- 4134
- Trust
- THE SIR JOHN BRUNNER FOUNDATION
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