Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Tarporley, 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 🔒
Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College is a secondary school in Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College 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, but places ran out in all 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 188 first-choice applications for 196 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 55.1 (England 46).
- A level students in 2024/25 averaged grade B- (England B-), with average progress from GCSE to A level.
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
- Eaton Road, Tarporley, CW6 0BL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Most pupils feel happy and safe at this school.”
- “Pupils get on well together and have positive relationships with staff.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for all pupils to succeed academically.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects in key stage 3, subject leaders have not clarified the information that pupils need to know.”
- “This means that teachers are not clear about the important knowledge that pupils should learn and by when.”
- “However, this programme has not yet been implemented.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 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) | 68% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 188 first-preference applications, 196 offers in total, 188 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 Winsford Academy 6.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Christleton High School 7.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Weaverham High School 8.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hartford Church of England High School 8.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School 8.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Nicholas Catholic High School 8.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The County High School, Leftwich 8.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chester International School 9.4 mi Good