Secondary
St Nicholas Catholic High School
Greenbank Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1JW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1201 of 1240 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Diocese
- Diocese of Shrewsbury
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 102.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.8
- Pupils
- 1,202
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
February 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
46%
3 points below the Northwich average (49% across 5 schools)
50.8
2.9 above the Northwich average (47.9 across 5 schools)
3rd of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Northwich we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.67 |
| Entered the EBacc | 59% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| A level average points per entry | 27.03 |
| A level students | 79 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 65% |
| 22/23 | 59% |
| 23/24 | 52% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.5 |
| 22/23 | 31.7 |
| 23/24 | 29.4 |
| 24/25 | 27.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.38 |
| 22/23 | +0.36 |
| 23/24 | +0.17 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 55.9 |
| 22/23 | 53.2 |
| 23/24 | 49.9 |
| 24/25 | 50.8 |
Greenbank Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1JW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Cheshire West and Chester admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Craig Burns
- Address
- Greenbank Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1JW
- Telephone
- 01606706000