Christleton High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.959 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Christleton High School is a secondary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Christleton 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 | 4.959 mi |
| 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
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.959 miles away, the 4th longest of 7 Cheshire West and Chester secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further than in 2025 and 2016, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 11 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 214 first-choice applications for 219 offers: 207 offers went to first-choice families, while 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 63% in 2024/25 (England 45%), highest 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
- Village Road, Christleton, Chester, CH3 7AD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,382 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils find where they belong in the cheerful community at Christleton High School.”
- “Most pupils are happy and flourish.”
- “The five Cs of ‘collaborative, committed, creative, caring and cheerful’ underpin everything that the school does.”
To improve
- “However, from time to time, there are inconsistencies in how well the curriculum is delivered.”
- “For example, some teachers do not routinely check if pupils have understood what they have been taught.”
- “As a result, a minority of pupils develop misconceptions of which teachers are not aware.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 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) | 63% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 54.8 | 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: 214 first-preference applications, 219 offers in total, 207 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.
- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chester International School 2.1 mi Good
- Queen's Park High School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Catholic High School, Chester 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Upton-by-Chester High School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Whitby High School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy 6.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published