Hartford Church of England High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.656 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hartford Church of England High School is a secondary school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Hartford Church of England 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 | 3.656 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
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 3.656 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 7 Cheshire West and Chester secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2 of the 11 years with a published outcome, and the 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2016.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 237 first-choice applications for 233 offers; 226 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 50.3 (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
- Hartford Campus Chester Road, Northwich, CW8 1LH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,102 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy in this school.”
- “They say that they like their teachers and respect other pupils.”
- “Most pupils say that there is someone they can talk to if they have a concern.”
To improve
- “Pupils told inspectors that behaviour was not good in the past.”
- “However, in other subjects, leaders have not clearly identified the building blocks of knowledge that they want pupils to learn over time.”
- “In these subjects, pupils have difficulty remembering what they have been taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 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) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.3 | 46 |
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: 237 first-preference applications, 233 offers in total, 226 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.
- St Nicholas Catholic High School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The County High School, Leftwich 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Weaverham High School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Rudheath Senior Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Winsford Academy 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College 8.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Helsby High School 9.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christleton High School 13.0 mi Good Last distance published