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Queen's Park High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Queens Park Road, Handbridge, Chester CH4 7AE · qphs.co.uk · 01244 257088
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Cheshire West and Chester 44.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Cheshire West and Chester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 792
- 73% of 1,080 places
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.6%
- First language not English
- 16.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Learning Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Cheshire West and Chester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 124 families put the school first and 128 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 128 | 124 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 139 | 127 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 105 | 99 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 141 | 113 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 118 | 98 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.2, and 41.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cheshire West and Chester it was 44.6, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (28.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼41.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼60.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼31.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.83 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111397)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 50.8 | −0.8 |
| Sixth form college | 5.1 | −3 |
| Further education | 20.3 | +2.6 |
| Other education | 0.8 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 0.8 | −0.8 |
| Employment | 4.2 | −2.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.9 | −3.8 |
| Activity not captured | 11.9 | +7.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 students | C (28.6) | Below average -0.25 | |
| 45 students | C (28.7) | Below average -0.26 | |
| 26 students | Merit (24.6) | Below average -0.50 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 41 | C (29.4) | -0.47 |
| 2022/23 | 38 | C- (27) | — |
| 2021/22 | 63 | C- (27.8) | — |
| 2018/19 | 42 | C- (25.4) | -0.32 |
| 2017/18 | 49 | D (20.3) | -0.72 |
| 2016/17 | 60 | D (20.4) | -0.51 |
| 2015/16 | 74 | D+ (22.6) | -0.47 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 49 | +13.2 |
| Further education | 2 | −7 |
| Apprenticeship | 2 | — |
| Employment | 33.3 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.8 | −6.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2 | −1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Queen's Park High School on 4 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Feb 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111397), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Requires improvement
Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111397)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (176 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 176
- 22% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 48 parents (27%) with SEND