Schools in Cheshire West and Chester
There are 160 state-funded and grammar schools in Cheshire West and Chester. 16 are rated Outstanding and 92 Good by Ofsted. Each listing shows the year groups, Ofsted rating and how admissions work.
Applying for a place in Cheshire West and Chester
- Starting secondary school (Year 7) in September 2027: applications close on 31 October 2026. Offers are sent on 1 March 2027.
- Starting Reception in September 2027: applications close on 15 January 2027. Offers are sent on 16 April 2027.
- You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in a different area, and late applications are considered after on-time ones.
All schools in Cheshire West and Chester, by town
Chester
- Acresfield Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · CH2 1LJ
Ofsted: Outstanding - Ancora House School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CH2 1BQ
Ofsted: Outstanding - Ashton Hayes Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH3 8AB
Ofsted: Good - Belgrave Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH4 7QS
Ofsted: Good - Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
Year 7 - Year 11 · CH1 5JH
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Boughton Heath Academy
Reception - Year 6 · CH3 5RW
Ofsted: Outstanding - Capenhurst CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH1 6HE
Ofsted: Good - Cherry Grove Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH3 5EG
No rating on record - Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH1 4HG
Ofsted: Good - Chester International School
CH4 7AE
Ofsted: Good - Christleton High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CH3 7AD
Ofsted: Good - Christleton Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH3 7AY
Ofsted: Not judged - Clutton Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH3 9ER
Ofsted: Good - Dee Banks School
CH3 5UX
Ofsted: Good - Dee Point Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH1 5NF
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Dodleston CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH4 9NG
No rating on record - Ofsted: Good
- Eccleston CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH4 9HD
No rating on record - Elton Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH2 4LT
Ofsted: Good - Farndon Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH3 6QP
Ofsted: Not judged - Guilden Sutton CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH3 7ES
Ofsted: Outstanding - Highfield Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH1 5LD
Ofsted: Good - Hoole Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH2 3HB
No rating on record - Huntington Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH3 6EA
Ofsted: Good - Huxley CofE Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · CH3 9BH
Ofsted: Inadequate - J H Godwin Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH1 5JG
Ofsted: Good - Lache Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH4 8HX
Ofsted: Good - Mickle Trafford Village School
Reception - Year 6 · CH2 4EF
Ofsted: Good - Mill View Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH2 1HB
Ofsted: Outstanding - Newton Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH2 2LA
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Oldfield Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH3 5LB
Ofsted: Good - Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH4 7HS
Ofsted: Not judged - Queen's Park High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CH4 7AE
Ofsted: Not judged - Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH3 6EG
Ofsted: Good - Saughall All Saints Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH1 6EP
Ofsted: Good - St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH4 8HX
No rating on record - St Martin's Academy Chester
Reception - Year 6 · CH2 3NG
Ofsted: Not judged - St Oswald's CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH1 6LG
Ofsted: Good - St Theresa's Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH1 5UU
Ofsted: Good - St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · CH2 3AD
Ofsted: Good - Tarvin Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH3 8LS
Ofsted: Good - The Arches Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH1 5EZ
Ofsted: Good - The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CH3 5XF
Ofsted: Good - The Catholic High School, Chester
Year 7 - Year 13 · CH4 7HS
No rating on record - The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy
Reception - Year 6 · CH1 1QP
Ofsted: Good - Upton Heath CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH2 1ED
Ofsted: Good - Upton Westlea Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH2 1QJ
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Upton-by-Chester High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CH2 1NN
No rating on record - Waverton Community Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · CH3 7QT
No rating on record
Ellesmere Port
- Archers Brook SEMH Residential School
Year 5 - Year 11 · CH66 2NA
Ofsted: Not judged - Brookside Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH66 2EE
Ofsted: Good - Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH65 4AQ
Ofsted: Good - Childer Thornton Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH66 1QY
Ofsted: Outstanding - Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · CH65 7AQ
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH65 6TQ
Ofsted: Good - Ofsted: Good
- Hinderton School
Reception - Year 6 · CH65 7AQ
Ofsted: Outstanding - Little Sutton C of E Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH66 4PP
Ofsted: Good - Meadow Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH66 4SZ
No rating on record - Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH66 3RL
Ofsted: Good - Rivacre Valley Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH66 1LE
Ofsted: Good - Rossmore School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH66 1HF
Ofsted: Good - St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH65 5EW
Ofsted: Good - St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH66 1NN
Ofsted: Good - St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH66 2BD
Ofsted: Not judged - Sutton Green Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH66 4NW
Ofsted: Good - The Acorns Primary and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH65 7ED
No rating on record - The Bridge Short Stay School
Year 3 - Year 11 · CH65 7EP
Ofsted: Good - The Oaks Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH65 9EX
Ofsted: Requires improvement - The Whitby High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CH66 2NU
Ofsted: Good - Westminster Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH65 2ED
Ofsted: Good - Whitby Heath Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH65 6RJ
Ofsted: Not judged - William Stockton Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH65 8DH
No rating on record - Wolverham Primary and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH65 5AT
Ofsted: Outstanding - Woodlands Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH66 2JT
Ofsted: Good
ELLESMERE PORT
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH65 7AQ
Ofsted: Good
Frodsham
- Alvanley and Manley Village School
Year 1 - Year 6 · WA6 9DD
Ofsted: Good - Frodsham CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · WA6 6AF
Ofsted: Good - Frodsham Manor House Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · WA6 7LE
Ofsted: Good - Frodsham Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · WA6 7PZ
Ofsted: Not judged - Helsby High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WA6 0HY
Ofsted: Good - Helsby Hillside Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · WA6 9LN
No rating on record - Horn's Mill Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · WA6 0ED
Ofsted: Good - Kingsley Community Primary School and Nursery
Nursery - Year 6 · WA6 6TZ
Ofsted: Good - Kingsley St John's CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · WA6 8EF
Ofsted: Good - Norley Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · WA6 8JZ
Ofsted: Good - St Luke's Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · WA6 7QP
Ofsted: Good
Knutsford
- Lower Peover CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · WA16 9PZ
Ofsted: Outstanding
Malpas
- Bishop Heber High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SY14 8JD
Ofsted: Good - Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · SY14 8PY
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · SY14 7BN
No rating on record - Tilston Parochial CofE Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · SY14 7HB
Ofsted: Good
Middlewich
- Byley Primary School and Nursery
Nursery - Year 6 · CW10 9NG
Ofsted: Good - Wimboldsley Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW10 0LN
No rating on record
Neston
- Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH64 5SE
No rating on record - Neston High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CH64 9NH
Ofsted: Good - Neston Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH64 9RE
No rating on record - Parkgate Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH64 6SW
Ofsted: Good - St Winefride's Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH64 9RW
Ofsted: Good - Willaston CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CH64 2TN
Ofsted: Outstanding - Woodfall Primary and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH64 4BT
Ofsted: Not judged
Northwich
- Antrobus St Mark's CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW9 6LB
Ofsted: Good - Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW8 4QL
Ofsted: Outstanding - Charles Darwin Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW8 1BN
No rating on record - Cloughwood Academy
Year 4 - Year 13 · Boys only · CW8 1NU
No rating on record - Comberbach Nursery and Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW9 6BG
No rating on record - Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW8 2RW
Ofsted: Not judged - Cuddington Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW8 2NY
Ofsted: Good - Davenham CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW9 8JW
Ofsted: Good - Great Budworth CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW9 6HQ
Ofsted: Good - Greenbank School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CW8 1LD
Ofsted: Not judged - Hartford Church of England High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · CW8 1LH
Ofsted: Good - Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery
Nursery - Year 6 · CW8 1NU
Ofsted: Good - Hartford Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW8 1NA
Ofsted: Good - Kingsmead Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW9 8WA
Ofsted: Good - Leftwich Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW9 8DH
Ofsted: Good - Little Leigh Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW8 4RN
Ofsted: Good - Lostock Gralam CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW9 7PT
Ofsted: Good - Moulton School
Reception - Year 6 · CW9 8PD
Ofsted: Good - Rosebank School
Reception - Year 6 · CW8 4QP
Ofsted: Good - Rudheath Primary Academy and Nursery
Nursery - Year 6 · CW9 7JL
Ofsted: Not judged - Sandiway Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · CW8 2ND
Ofsted: Not judged - No rating on record
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Weaverham
Reception - Year 6 · CW8 3BY
Ofsted: Good - St Nicholas Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CW8 1JW
Ofsted: Good - St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · CW8 1JW
Ofsted: Good - The County High School, Leftwich
Year 7 - Year 11 · CW9 8EZ
Ofsted: Outstanding - The Rudheath Senior Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · CW9 7DT
Ofsted: Good - The Russett School
CW8 3BW
Ofsted: Outstanding - Victoria Road Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW9 5RE
Ofsted: Good - Weaverham Forest Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW8 3EY
Ofsted: Good - Weaverham High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · CW8 3HT
No rating on record - Weaverham Primary Academy
Reception - Year 6 · CW8 3BD
Ofsted: Good - Whitegate CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW8 2AY
No rating on record - Wincham Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW9 6EP
Ofsted: Good - Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW8 4AZ
Ofsted: Good - Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW9 5QQ
Ofsted: Not judged
Runcorn
- Aston by Sutton Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · WA7 3DB
Ofsted: Good
Select
- Tattenhall Park Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CH3 9AH
Ofsted: Good
Tarporley
- Delamere CofE Primary Academy
Reception - Year 6 · CW6 0ST
Ofsted: Outstanding - Duddon St Peter's CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW6 0EL
Ofsted: Not judged - Eaton Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · CW6 9AN
Ofsted: Good - Kelsall Primary and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW6 0PU
Ofsted: Outstanding - Tarporley CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW6 0AN
Ofsted: Good - Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
Year 7 - Year 13 · CW6 0BL
Ofsted: Good
Warrington
- Whitley Village School
Reception - Year 6 · WA4 4QH
Ofsted: Not judged
Whitchurch
- Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · SY13 4QS
Ofsted: Not judged
Winsford
- Darnhall Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW7 1JL
Ofsted: Good - Grange Community Nursery and Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW7 2EG
Ofsted: Good - Ofsted: Outstanding
- Oaklands School
Year 7 - Year 12 · CW7 1NU
No rating on record - Over Hall Community School
Reception - Year 6 · CW7 1LX
Ofsted: Good - Over St John's CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW7 2LU
Ofsted: Good - St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · CW7 2JS
No rating on record - St. Chad's Church of England Primary and Nursery School
Reception - Year 6 · CW7 4AT
Ofsted: Good - The Oak View Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · CW7 2LZ
Ofsted: Good - The Winsford Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · CW7 2BT
Ofsted: Not judged - Wharton CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · CW7 3EP
Ofsted: Not judged - Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW7 3HN
Ofsted: Good - Winsford High Street Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · CW7 2AU
Ofsted: Good