UK Schools
Hartford Church of England High School
Hartford Church of England High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester Council, teaching 1,102 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in June 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 50.3 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Hartford Church of England High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Hartford Church of England High School.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day Monday 1 September 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day Tuesday 2 September 2025 Inset Day
- Return to School Wednesday 3 September 2025 Event
- INSET Day Friday 26 September 2025 Inset Day
- Break for Half Term Friday 24 October 2025 Holiday
- Return to School Monday 3 November 2025 Event
- INSET Day* Friday 28 November 2025 Inset Day
- Break for Christmas Holiday Friday 19 December 2025 Holiday
- Return to School Monday 5 January 2026 Event
- INSET Day Monday 26 January 2026 Inset Day
- Break for Half Term Friday 13 February 2026 Holiday
- Return to School Monday 23 February 2026 Event
- Break for Easter Holiday Wednesday 1 April 2026 Holiday
- Return to School Monday 20 April 2026 Event
- Break for Half Term Friday 22 May 2026 Holiday
- Return to School Monday 1 June 2026 Event
- Break for Summer Holiday Wednesday 22 July 2026 Holiday
- A two-week break between the Autumn and Spring terms Christmas Holiday Holiday
- A two-week break between the Spring and Summer terms, which may not always align with the exact dates of the Easter bank holiday weekend Easter Holiday Holiday
- The longest break, lasting about six weeks, from late July to early September Summer Holiday Holiday
- January 1 New Year's Day Event
- Variable date Good Friday Event
- Variable date Easter Monday Event
- First Monday in May Early May Bank Holiday Event
- Last Monday in May Spring Bank Holiday Event
- Last Monday in August Summer Bank Holiday Event
- December 25 Christmas Day Event
- December 26 Boxing Day Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Hartford Church of England High School with Cheshire West and Chester Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 50.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Cheshire West and Chester Council England
Attendance 21.7% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Cheshire West and Chester Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Cheshire West and Chester Council 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 Hartford Church of England High School. 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 only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Hartford Church of England High School 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.