UK Schools
Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College is a mixed secondary academy in Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester Council, teaching 1,219 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in April 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 55.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College.
- 1 INSET Day 1
- 2 Students First Day / Start of Autumn Term
- 2–30 Autumn Term
- 1–24 Autumn Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3–30 Autumn Term (2nd Half)
- 28 INSET Day 2
- 1–19 Autumn Term (2nd Half)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5–31 Spring Term
- 1–13 Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23–28 Spring Term (2nd Half)
- 1–31 Spring Term (2nd Half)
- 1 Spring Term (2nd Half)
- 2–17 Easter Holiday
- 20–30 Summer Term
- 1–22 Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term (2nd Half)
- 1–17 Summer Term (2nd Half)
- 20 INSET Day 3
- 21 INSET Day 4
- 22 INSET Day 5
- 23–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 2 Return to School
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day 1 Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Students First Day / Start of Autumn Term Sep 2, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term Sep 2 - Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term (2nd Half) Nov 3 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- INSET Day 2 Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Jan 5 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (2nd Half) Feb 23 - Apr 1, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Apr 2 - Apr 17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Apr 20 - May 22, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (2nd Half) Jun 1 - Jul 17, 2026 Term
- INSET Day 3 Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- INSET Day 4 Jul 21, 2026 Inset Day
- INSET Day 5 Jul 22, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 23 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Return to School Sep 2, 2026 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College with Cheshire West and Chester Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 55.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 36.55 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 15.3% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 97% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 95% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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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 Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College. 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 Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College 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.