Neston High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Neston, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.937 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Neston High School is a secondary school in Neston, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 February 2022. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Neston 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 | 5.937 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 5.937 miles away, 2nd longest of 7 Cheshire West and Chester secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 2026 last distance was further than in 2025, the biggest move across the published years, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 11 years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 294 first-choice applications for 302 offers; 285 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); at A level the average grade was C (England B-).
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
- Raby Park Road, Neston, CH64 9NH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,712 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 February 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and sixth-form students are proud to belong to this school community.”
- “When they arrive in the morning, they know that they will be greeted by supportive staff who are pleased to see them.”
- “The positive environment encourages most pupils to attend well.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent across all subjects.”
- “Results in A-level examinations have been below the national average over time.”
- “However, this support is not consistent across all classrooms.”
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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.4 | 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: 294 first-preference applications, 302 offers in total, 285 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 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ellesmere Port Church of England College 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Whitby High School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College 8.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Upton-by-Chester High School 9.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chester International School 10.4 mi Good
- Queen's Park High School 10.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Catholic High School, Chester 10.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published