Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Capenhurst Lane
Whitby
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 7AQ
Phone 01513552373
Reference Number 149631

General Makeup

Number of pupils 952
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.58%
Girls: 50.42%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 32%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 8.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 87 92 179
8 92 91 183
9 84 85 169
10 83 88 171
11 81 81 162
12 30 18 48
13 15 25 40

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 86.8%
White, Other 5%
African 1.8%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
Indian 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.6%
White & Asian 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.2%
White & Black (African) 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
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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:

  • 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)
40.5 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 28% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 47.2% 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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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Unlock Unlock
Second Preference 121 3
Third Preference 60 4
From another Local Authority 1 0

Name Distance
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Capenhurst Lane, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 7AQ
0.04 miles
Hinderton School
Capenhurst Lane, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 7AQ
0.16 miles
Whitby Heath Primary School
Wyedale, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 6RJ
0.36 miles
Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School
Deeside, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 6TQ
0.51 miles
St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Seacombe Drive, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 2BD
0.54 miles
Woodlands Primary School
Eddisbury Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 2JT
0.55 miles
Brookside Primary School
Rostherne Avenue, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 2EE
0.55 miles
Meadow Community Primary School
Dolphin Crescent, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 4SZ
0.61 miles
The Acorns Primary and Nursery School
Pooltown Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 7ED
0.71 miles
William Stockton Community Primary School
Heathfield Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 8DH
0.74 miles
Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School
Cambridge Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 4AQ
0.93 miles
Wolverham Primary and Nursery School
Milton Road, Wolverham, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 5AT
1 miles
The Oaks Community Primary School
Rochester Drive, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 9EX
1 miles
St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary School
Sherbourne Road, Ellesmere Port, Merseyside, CH65 5EW
1 miles
Westminster Community Primary School
John Street, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 2ED
1.08 miles
Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School
Parklands, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 3RL
1.25 miles
St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School
Rossall Grove, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 1NN
1.33 miles
Sutton Green Primary School
Armthorpe Drive, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 4NW
1.39 miles
Rivacre Valley Primary School
Rivacre Brow, Overpool, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 1LE
1.44 miles
Rossmore School
Red Lion Lane, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 1HF
1.67 miles
Name Distance
Ellesmere Port Church of England College
164 Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 6EA
0.51 miles
The Whitby High School
Sycamore Drive, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 2NU
0.54 miles
Archers Brook SEMH Residential School
Chester Road, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 2NA
0.77 miles
South Wirral High School
Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 8EH
3.85 miles
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College
Wealstone Lane, Upton, Chester, Cheshire, CH2 1HD
4.13 miles
Upton-by-Chester High School
St James Avenue, Upton-by-Chester, Chester, Cheshire, CH2 1NN
4.33 miles
The Hammond
Mannings Lane, Chester, CH2 4ES
4.55 miles
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 5JH
4.74 miles
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