Helsby High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Frodsham, 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 🔒
Helsby High School is a secondary school in Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Helsby 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
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), while the average A level grade was C (England B-).
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 4 of the 10 earlier years.
- Year 7 2026 drew 189 first-choice applications for 199 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 15.5%, against a middle figure of 25.8% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
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
- Chester Road, Helsby, Frodsham, WA6 0HY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2023
Strengths
- “Helsby High is a welcoming school.”
- “Pupils value the friendships that they forge with their classmates.”
- “They feel happy and enjoy their learning.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not teach the curriculum as it is intended.”
- “On occasion, teachers design learning activities that do not help pupils to build their knowledge over time.”
- “This hinders some pupils from knowing and remembering more.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 2023 (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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.1 | 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: 189 first-preference applications, 199 offers in total, 189 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 Church of England College 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Upton-by-Chester High School 6.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Whitby High School 6.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy 6.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Weaverham High School 7.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christleton High School 7.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School 8.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chester International School 8.5 mi Good