Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Cheshire West and Chester council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Cheshire West and Chester's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 145 families put this school as their first choice, and 152 places were offered. 145 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 28 April 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Needs attention

Curriculum and teaching

Needs attention

Achievement

Needs attention

Attendance and behaviour

Needs attention

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Sixth form

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 23 June 2021. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

950 (capacity 988)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Shrewsbury

Academy trust

OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01513552373

Address

Capenhurst Lane, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH65 7AQ

Official school record, including Ofsted reports