Secondary
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Vaughans Lane, Great Boughton, Chester, CH3 5XF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1253 of 1200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE BISHOPS' BLUE COAT CHURCH OF ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chester
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 98.1
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 1,179
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 April 2025
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
59%
17 points above the Chester average (42% across 7 schools)
53.8
8.7 above the Chester average (45.1 across 7 schools)
2nd of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Chester we can score - 8 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 | 53.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.67 |
| Entered the EBacc | 18% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.67 |
| A level students | 75 |
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 | 47% |
| 22/23 | 48% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 59% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.1 |
| 22/23 | 35.9 |
| 23/24 | 33.7 |
| 24/25 | 30.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.04 |
| 22/23 | +0.42 |
| 23/24 | +0.26 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.4 |
| 22/23 | 51.9 |
| 23/24 | 48.8 |
| 24/25 | 53.8 |
Vaughans Lane, Great Boughton, Chester, CH3 5XF
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
- Helen Cairns
- Address
- Vaughans Lane, Great Boughton, Chester, CH3 5XF
- Telephone
- 01244313806