Ellesmere Port Catholic High School
Capenhurst Lane, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH65 7AQ
This school is closed (it closed in March 2023).
It was replaced by Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Vile
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Shrewsbury
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Neston
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 988
- Pupils on roll
- 936
- URN
- 111451
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
About this school
Ellesmere Port Catholic High School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in Ellesmere Port. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 936 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Ellesmere Port Catholic High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 173 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.55 -0.77 to -0.33 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 38% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 |
How Ellesmere Port Catholic High School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.9% | 34.4% | 936 | — |
| Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy | 36.9 | 11% | 37.8% | 950 | 0.0 miles |
| The Whitby High School | 38.9 | 11.1% | 28.2% | 1,398 | 0.5 miles |
| Ellesmere Port Church of England College | 39 | 10.3% | 47.4% | 777 | 0.5 miles |
| South Wirral High School | — | — | — | 1,019 | 3.9 miles |
| Upton-by-Chester High School | 48.8 | 6.5% | 17.2% | 1,728 | 4.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.4%
- English as an additional language
- 7.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.9%
- Persistent absence
- 33.2%
Location
Nearby schools
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Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Ellesmere Port
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The Whitby High School0.5 miles
Secondary · Ellesmere Port
-
Ellesmere Port Church of England College0.5 miles
Secondary · Ellesmere Port
-
South Wirral High School3.9 miles
Secondary · Wirral
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Upton-by-Chester High School4.3 miles
Secondary · Chester
Other schools in Ellesmere Port
- Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Ellesmere Port Church of England College Secondary
- The Whitby High School Secondary
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Childer Thornton Primary School Primary
- Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Little Sutton C of E Primary School Primary
- Meadow Primary School Primary
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Primary
- Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Rivacre Valley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ellesmere Port Catholic High School teach?
- Ellesmere Port Catholic High School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Ellesmere Port.
- Has Ellesmere Port Catholic High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Ellesmere Port Catholic High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Ellesmere Port Catholic High School?
- Ellesmere Port Catholic High School had 936 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- What are Ellesmere Port Catholic High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ellesmere Port Catholic High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 11 September 2023.