Ellesmere Port Catholic High School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ellesmere Port, CH65 7AQ
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Ellesmere Port Church of England College
164 Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 6EA
Local ranking15th of 20 secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 28 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 36.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 20.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 42.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 131
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 9.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 32.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
20.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
12
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 42
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 694
- Boys
- 396 (51%)
- Girls
- 381 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (58% full)
- SEND
- 17.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 47.4%
- EAL
- 16.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 14.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,122/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
- 10.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Anglican/Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.5%
- White Other: 6.1%
- Black African: 3.9%
- Other: 3.9%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Asian Chinese: 0.9%
78.5%
White British
6.1%
White Other
3.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
164 Whitby Road
Ellesmere Port, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 146742
- UKPRN
- 10082090
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- FRANK FIELD EDUCATION TRUST
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