Neston High School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Raby Park Road
Neston
Cheshire
CH64 9NH
Phone 01513363902
Reference Number 138318

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1729
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.71%
Girls: 45.29%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 166 134 300
8 174 126 300
9 164 136 300
10 163 137 300
11 149 152 301
12 55 47 102
13 75 51 126

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.4%
White, Other 1.9%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
White & Asian 1.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
African 0.3%
Indian 0.1%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-03-28
Date Description Report
2022-02-08 School inspection School inspection
2017-01-17 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-05-15 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-08-10 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Neston High School
2010-12-07 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-09-15 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-11-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-03-12 Full inspection Full inspection
2010-12-07 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-09-15 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-11-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-03-12 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)
45.1 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 42.1% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 62% 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 27.52 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 29.95 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 9.7% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 176 13
Third Preference 158 6
From another Local Authority 382 121

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
St Winefride's Catholic Primary School
Mellock Lane, Little Neston, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 9RW
0.72 miles
Neston Primary School
Burton Road, Little Neston, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 9RE
0.76 miles
Parkgate Primary School
Brooklands Road, Parkgate, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 6SW
0.97 miles
Woodfall Primary and Nursery School
Woodfall Lane, Little Neston, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 4BT
1.12 miles
Thornton Hough Primary School
St George's Way, Thornton Hough, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 1JJ
1.76 miles
Willaston CofE Primary School
Neston Road, Willaston, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 2TN
1.76 miles
Barnston Primary School
Sandham Grove, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, CH60 1XW
2.05 miles
Gayton Primary School
Gayton Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, CH60 8PZ
2.27 miles
Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School
Thurstaston Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, CH60 4SA
2.78 miles
Heswall Primary School
Whitfield Lane, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, CH60 7SD
2.93 miles
Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School
Puddington Lane, Burton, Neston, Merseyside, CH64 5SE
2.94 miles
Brookhurst Primary School
Brookhurst Road, Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 0EH
3.12 miles
Raeburn Primary School
Morland Avenue, Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 6BD
3.46 miles
Stanley School
Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 5UE
3.52 miles
Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary School
Willington Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 9EB
3.54 miles
Poulton Lancelyn Primary School
Venables Drive, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 9LY
3.55 miles
Heygarth Primary School
Heygarth Road, Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 8AG
3.58 miles
Pensby Primary School
Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 5UE
3.61 miles
Ladymount Catholic Primary School
Portal Road, Pensby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 5YD
3.7 miles
Stanton Road Primary School
Stanton Road, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 3HW
3.82 miles
Name Distance
South Wirral High School
Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 8EH
3.3 miles
Wirral Grammar School for Boys
Cross Lane, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 3AQ
3.94 miles
Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Heath Road, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 3AF
3.95 miles
Pensby High School
Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 6XN
4.02 miles
Co-op Academy Bebington
Higher Bebington Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2PS
4.22 miles
St John Plessington Catholic College
Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7LF
4.75 miles
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