Queen's Park High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Chester, 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 🔒
Queen's Park High School is a secondary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Queen's Park 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 2026 had 124 first-choice applications for 128 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 44.2 (England 46).
- The A level average grade in 2024/25 was C (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level below average.
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
- Queens Park Road, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7AE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 792 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils, and students in the sixth form, enjoy the calm and considerate culture at Queen’s Park High School.”
- “They appreciate the positive relationships that they have with staff.”
- “Staff have high expectations for what pupils should achieve.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, the experiences of some pupils are interrupted by the poorer behaviour of a small number of pupils.”
- “In a minority of places, some teachers do not provide pupils with work that is well-matched to their starting points.”
- “This means that a minority of pupils, including some of those who are disadvantaged, do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2025 (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) | 42% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.2 | 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: 124 first-preference applications, 128 offers in total, 124 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.
- Chester International School 0.1 mi Good
- The Catholic High School, Chester 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Upton-by-Chester High School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christleton High School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Whitby High School 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published