Ellesmere Port Church of England College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 29 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Anglican/Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Unique reference
146742
Address
164 Whitby Road, CH65 6EA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
633 (44% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
18.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.9%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.9%
Other White 8.1%
Other 4.1%
Mixed 2.9%
African 2.8%
Other Asian 1.9%
Other Black 1.4%
Chinese 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.68
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 64%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 17%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.4
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.81
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
Sports StudiesTechnical Award21
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
TourismTechnical Award12
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE18
ChemistryGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE87
English LiteratureGCSE87
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ellesmere Port Church of England College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
146
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
131
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
131
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
144
69
75
Year 8
125
64
61
Year 9
134
78
56
Year 10
89
44
45
Year 11
91
44
47
Year 12
15
7
8
Year 13
35
17
18
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
30.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
36.0%
36.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
16.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
57.0%
75.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
33.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
27.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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