UK Schools
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School is a mixed secondary academy in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Council, teaching 1,253 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in November 2019. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 53.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 24 October 2025 to 20 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Bishops' Blue Coat 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 The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School.
- 1–2 INSET Days
- 3 Year 7 and Year 12 Start
- 4 Whole School Returns
- 24 Last Day of Autumn Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3 School Resumes
- 28 INSET Day
- 1 INSET Day
- 19 Last Day of Term (1:15 pm finish)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 5 School Resumes (Spring Term Starts)
- 13 Last Day Before Half Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 School Resumes
- 1 Last Day of Spring Term
- 2–17 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 20 School Resumes (Summer Term Starts)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 Last Day Before Half Term
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School Resumes
- 21 Last Day of School (1:15 pm finish)
- 22 INSET Day
- 23–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Days Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 and Year 12 Start Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Whole School Returns Sep 4, 2025 Event
- Last Day of Autumn Term Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- School Resumes Nov 3, 2025 Event
- INSET Day Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day Dec 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Last Day of Term (1:15 pm finish) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- School Resumes (Spring Term Starts) Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Last Day Before Half Term Feb 13, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School Resumes Feb 23, 2026 Event
- Last Day of Spring Term Apr 1, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Apr 2-17, 2026 Holiday
- School Resumes (Summer Term Starts) Apr 20, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Last Day Before Half Term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School Resumes Jun 1, 2026 Event
- Last Day of School (1:15 pm finish) Jul 21, 2026 Event
- INSET Day Jul 22, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 23 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Public Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School with Cheshire West and Chester Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 53.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 30.67 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 19.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 92% 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 93% 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 The Bishops' Blue Coat 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 The Bishops' Blue Coat 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.