Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

Secondary · state · Roman Catholic · ages 11–18 · 950 pupils · has a sixth form · CH65 7AQ · OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Below goodOfstedInspected Apr 2026

4.5%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

7.7%A levels AAB or betterEngland median 12.4%

0.9Applications per placeFirst choices, Year 7 2026

36.9Attainment 8England median 45.8

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35.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Report card: achievement needs attention, curriculum and teaching needs attention

GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 94.5% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above11.4% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)36.9 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths20.6% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths47.1% (typical 65.8%)

170 pupils at the end of Year 11.

A levels (2024/25)

% of A-level grades at A* or A6.6% (typical 15.4%)

% of A-level grades at A* to B25.5% (typical 38.7%)

% of A-level students with AAB or better7.7% (typical 12.4%)

A-level average points per entry28.23 (typical 32.5)

42 A-level students; average grade C-, best three A levels averaging C. Progress: above average (value added +0.2).

How hard is it to get in?

For Year 7 in September 2026, 145 families put it first for 152 places (0.9 first choices per place). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Year 7, 2024	163	150	0.9	100%
Year 7, 2025	139	130	0.9	100%
Year 7, 2026	152	145	0.9	100%

Sports facilities on site

Sports hall (6 courts), 7 football pitches, 1 rugby pitch, tennis courts.

Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£8,534spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

77%of spending on staff, 57% on teachers

−£154kdeficit carried forward (1.8% of a year's income)

£218ksurplus in the year

Income £8.5m, spending £8.3m (September 2024 to August 2025, 970 pupils).

Run by Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Academy Trust, a trust of 15 academies and 4,721 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £4.4m, 14% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; A-level tables: GCE A levels taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 94.5% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above11.4% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)36.9 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths20.6% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths47.1% (typical 65.8%)

170 pupils at the end of Year 11.

GCSE grades by subject

Subject	Entries	Grades 8–9	England 8–9	Grades 7+	Grades 4+
English Language	170	4.7%	9.2%	12.4%	52.9%
Mathematics	170	2.9%	13%	10%	54.1%
English Literature	160	3.1%	9.9%	7.5%	56.9%
Religious Studies	158	5.1%	19%	9.5%	38%
History	102	4.9%	15.2%	9.8%	42.2%
Spanish	60	3.3%	15.3%	13.3%	43.3%
Art and Design	47	8.5%	13.2%	14.9%	91.5%
Geography	46	2.2%	13.6%	13%	58.7%
Business	28	0%	10.9%	3.6%	64.3%
Physical Education	28	0%	12.8%	10.7%	57.1%
Chemistry	20	15%	31.4%	35%	80%
Biology	20	20%	28.6%	25%	100%
Physics	20	10%	29.4%	25%	85%
Computer Science	14	0%	19.9%	0%	7.1%
Drama	8	12.5%	15.9%	37.5%	50%
Other Modern Languages	5	0%	31.4%	0%	0%

A levels (2024/25)

% of A-level grades at A* or A6.6% (typical 15.4%)

% of A-level grades at A* to B25.5% (typical 38.7%)

% of A-level students with AAB or better7.7% (typical 12.4%)

A-level average points per entry28.23 (typical 32.5)

42 A-level students; average grade C-, best three A levels averaging C. Progress: above average (value added +0.2).

A-level grades by subject

Subject	Entries	A*–A	England A*–A	A*	A*–B
Psychology	23	0%	19.8%	0%	17.4%
Business Studies	10	10%	16.8%	0%	20%
Sociology	10	20%	19.3%	0%	40%
Mathematics	10	20%	42.8%	10%	40%
History	9	0%	25.5%	0%	22.2%
Biology	8	0%	29%	0%	25%
English Literature	7	0%	25.2%	0%	28.6%
Chemistry	7	14.3%	33.2%	0%	42.9%
Physics	6	16.7%	32.6%	16.7%	50%
Computer Science	6	0%	23.5%	0%	16.7%
Government and Politics	5	0%	28.3%	0%	0%

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Year 7, 2024

163

150

0.9

100%

Year 7, 2025

139

130

0.9

100%

Year 7, 2026

152

145

0.9

100%

Money

£8,534spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

77%of spending on staff, 57% on teachers

−£154kdeficit carried forward (1.8% of a year's income)

£218ksurplus in the year

Income £8.5m, spending £8.3m (September 2024 to August 2025, 970 pupils).

Run by Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Academy Trust, a trust of 15 academies and 4,721 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £4.4m, 14% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.