Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

Secondary Academy Ellesmere Port 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Report 2026 📊 Attainment 8: 36.9

Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester Council, teaching 950 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded achievement as Needs attention at its most recent inspection in April 2026. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 36.9 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy.

Latest inspection
2025 framework Graded by evaluation area
AchievementNeeds attention
Curriculum & teachingNeeds attention
Attendance & behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development & wellbeingExpected standard
InclusionNeeds attention
Leadership & governanceExpected standard
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Safeguarding Met
Academy First Section 5 · Inspected 28 Apr 2026 · Published 22 Jun 2026
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Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy.

Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • INSET Day Monday 1st September 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Tuesday 2nd September 2025 - Friday 24th October 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Monday 27th October 2025 - Friday 31st October 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term (Second Half) Monday 3rd November 2025 - Friday 19th December 2025 Term
  • INSET Day Friday 28th November 2025 Inset Day
  • Christmas Holiday Monday 22nd December 2025 - Friday 2nd January 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Monday 5th January 2026 - Friday 13th February 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Monday 16th February 2026 - Friday 20th February 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term (Second Half) Monday 23rd February 2026 - Wednesday 1st April 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday (includes Easter Bank Holidays) Thursday 2nd April 2026 - Friday 17th April 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Monday 20th April 2026 - Friday 22nd May 2026 Term
  • Bank Holiday (Early May Bank Holiday) Monday 4th May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term Monday 25th May 2026 - Friday 29th May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (Second Half) Monday 1st June 2026 - Friday 17th July 2026 Term
  • INSET Days Monday 20th July 2026 - Wednesday 22nd July 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday Monday 20th July 2026 - Monday 31st August 2026 Holiday
  • Return to School Wednesday 2nd September 2026 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
36.9 Attainment 8 England 46.1
20.6% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
28.23 A level average score England 35
32.9% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy with Cheshire West and Chester Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 36.9 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Cheshire West and Chester Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 36.9
Cheshire West and Chester Council 44.6 England 46.1 -9.2 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 20.6%
Cheshire West and Chester Council 42.4% England 45.4% -24.8 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 32.1
Cheshire West and Chester Council 30.3 England 34.9 -2.8 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 7.5
Cheshire West and Chester Council 19 England 15.5 -8 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 35.9%
Cheshire West and Chester Council 24.4% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 170
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 28.23 A level average point score

Results for students finishing post-16 study.

This school Cheshire West and Chester Council England

A level average point score · Per entry, 50 = A* 28.23
Cheshire West and Chester Council 38.11 England 35 -6.8 vs England
A level students · Small cohorts swing wildly 42
Attendance 32.9% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Cheshire West and Chester Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 32.9%
Cheshire West and Chester Council 17.7% England 17.8% +15.1 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 11%
Cheshire West and Chester Council 6.9% England 6.8% +4.3 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.