Ellesmere Port Church of England College

Ellesmere Port Church of England College has been assessed as performing well overall, achieving a grade of good in all areas evaluated including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school offers a broad and ambitious curriculum that is well-structured to support learning for all students, including those with special educational needs. Students express pride in their achievements and enjoy a supportive school environment, contributing to a positive learning atmosphere.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers enhances student understanding.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Successful leadership encourages a broad curriculum and wide range of extra-curricular activities.
• Sixth-form students serve as excellent role models and leaders within the school.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, essential knowledge to be learned is not clearly identified.
• Gaps in pupils' prior knowledge are not effectively addressed in certain subjects.
• Some pupils have low attendance, leading to missed learning opportunities.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Ellesmere Port Church of England College attended 89.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 28.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 16.6% of pupils at Ellesmere Port Church of England College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Ellesmere Port Church of England College had 15.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.2% of pupils at Ellesmere Port Church of England College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Ellesmere Port Church of England College received £8,674 and spent £8,718 for each of its 695 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £630,000 (£907 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Frank Field Education Trust, income was £8,702 and spending £8,281 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Ellesmere Port · Cheshire West and Chester local authority: places and applications

Ellesmere Port Church of England College is part of Frank Field Education Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Handforth Grange Primary School Wilmslow
• Birches Head Academy Stoke-On-Trent

What is Ellesmere Port Church of England College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ellesmere Port Church of England College is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Ellesmere Port Church of England College last inspected by Ofsted?

Ellesmere Port Church of England College was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Ellesmere Port Church of England College have?

Ellesmere Port Church of England College has 777 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ellesmere Port Church of England College cover?

Ellesmere Port Church of England College for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Ellesmere Port Church of England College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 36.9, and 21% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Ellesmere Port Church of England College?

Ellesmere Port Church of England College is at 164 Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 6EA.