The Catholic High School, Chester
Old Wrexham Road, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7HS
Local ranking12th of 20 secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1117
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 15.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 119
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 58.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
29.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
77
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 24.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 163
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 808
- Boys
- 412 (51%)
- Girls
- 396 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1117 (72% full)
- SEND
- 17.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.5%
- EAL
- 19.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 13.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £12,580/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 63.6%
- White Other: 10.9%
- Other: 10.9%
- Asian Indian: 3.6%
- Asian Other: 3.1%
- Asian Chinese: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
63.6%
White British
10.9%
White Other
10.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139343
- UKPRN
- 10040653
- Establishment No.
- 4603
- Trust
- THE CHESTER CATHOLIC ACADEMIES PARTNERSHIP