The Whitby High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Whitby High School is a secondary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
The Whitby High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 11 of the 18 other Cheshire West and Chester secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 places ran out, with a last distance published, in 4 of the 10 earlier years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 185 first-choice applications for 196 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 38.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire West and Chester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Sycamore Drive, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,398 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 May 2022
Strengths
- “From the moment pupils enter the school site, they are greeted warmly by staff.”
- “Staff have increased their expectations about how pupils should behave and have made them explicit.”
- “Most pupils live up to these high expectations.”
To improve
- “At present, pupils have an uneven experience of teaching across the curriculum.”
- “They do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “That said, there are still some pupils whose needs are not met sufficiently well.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 185 first-preference applications, 196 offers in total, 185 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ellesmere Port Church of England College 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Upton-by-Chester High School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chester International School 5.5 mi Good
- Queen's Park High School 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School 5.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Catholic High School, Chester 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published