Secondary schools in Chester
7 secondary schools in Chester, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Chester in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Chester first 985 times for 991 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 0.98 across the Cheshire West and Chester authority's 19 schools. One of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 3.37 miles (Upton-by-Chester High School) to 4.96 miles (Christleton High School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Christleton High School
- Queen's Park High School
- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
- Chester International School
- The Catholic High School, Chester
- Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
- Upton-by-Chester High School
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Browse by authority: Cheshire West and Chester · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.