Bishop Heber High School

Type Secondary / Foundation school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Chester Road
Malpas
Cheshire
SY14 8JD
Phone 01948860571
Reference Number 111424

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1258
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.05%
Girls: 50.95%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 10.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 108 106 214
8 106 104 210
9 101 101 202
10 100 102 202
11 96 111 207
12 65 60 125
13 41 57 98

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 93.6%
White, Other 1.4%
White & Asian 1.1%
Unclassified 1%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
African 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
White & Black (African) 0.2%
Irish 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.2%
Chinese 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-12-13
Date Description Report
2022-11-01 School inspection: School inspection:
2020-10-21 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2011-04-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-11-26 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-03-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-03-01 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
55.9 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 66.7% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 81.2% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 36.79 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 38.27 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 17.6% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 42 1
Third Preference 31 0
From another Local Authority 77 49

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School
Chester Road, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 8PY
0.57 miles
Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School
Tushingham, Tushingham With Grindley Ce Primary School, Whitchurch, Cheshire, SY13 4QS
2.38 miles
Tilston Parochial CofE Primary School
Church Road, Tilston, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 7HB
2.75 miles
Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
Long Lane, Bickerton, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 8AP
3.25 miles
Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary School
Shocklach, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 7BN
3.32 miles
Clutton Church of England Primary School
Broxton Road, Clutton, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 9ER
4.11 miles
Borderbrook School
Talwrn Green, Wrexham, SY14 7LR
4.27 miles
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