UK Schools
The Whitby High School
The Whitby High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester Council, teaching 1,398 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in May 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 38.9 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Whitby 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 Whitby High School.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term Starts Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Monday 27th October 2025 – Friday 31st October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Ends Friday 19th December 2025 Term
- Spring Term Starts Monday 5th January 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Monday 16th February 2026 – Friday 20th February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends Thursday 2nd April 2026 Term
- Summer Term Starts Monday 20th April 2026 Term
- Bank Holiday Monday 4th May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term (Whitsun Holiday) Monday 25th May 2026 – Friday 29th May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Ends Friday 17th July 2026 Term
- Inset Day 1 Monday 1st September 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day 2 Friday 26th September 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day 3 Friday 13th February 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day 4 Monday 20th July 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day 5 Tuesday 21st July 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Saturday 20th December 2025 – Sunday 4th January 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Friday 3rd April 2026 – Sunday 19th April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Saturday 18th July 2026 – Sunday 31st August 2026 Holiday
- New Year’s Day Thursday 1st January 2026 Event
- Good Friday Friday 3rd April 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Monday 6th April 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday Monday 4th May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25th May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Monday 31st August 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Friday 25th December 2026 Holiday
- Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 2026 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Whitby High School with Cheshire West and Chester Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 38.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 30.1 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 30.5% 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 92% 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 Whitby 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 Whitby 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.