St Nicholas Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Northwich, 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 🔒
St Nicholas Catholic High School is a secondary school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
St Nicholas Catholic 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 applicant was offered a Year 7 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 7 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 182 first-choice applications for 202 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 20 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Greenbank Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1JW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy in the caring community of St Nicholas Catholic High School.”
- “Students in the sixth form value the personalised support that they receive from their teachers.”
- “This helps to prepare them well for the next stage of their education, employment or training.”
To improve
- “However, the additional support that the school has put in place to help these pupils to catch up quickly is relatively recent.”
- “Some older pupils have not benefited from the various reading strategies put in place.”
- “Some pupils, including some who are disadvantaged, do not achieve as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2024 (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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.8 | 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: 182 first-preference applications, 202 offers in total, 182 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.
- Hartford Church of England High School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The County High School, Leftwich 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Rudheath Senior Academy 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Weaverham High School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Winsford Academy 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College 8.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Helsby High School 9.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christleton High School 13.4 mi Good Last distance published