Bishop Heber High School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,293 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.8
Voluntary aided school
Hartford Church of England High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,102of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 17.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 196
- Ofsted
- Good, 20 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hartford High School A Specialist Languages and Sports College (URN 111441, until 31 August 2012).
What the data says
Hartford Church of England High School has no sixth form. Of the 212 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 43% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 43% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 97% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.3 against 46.1 across England and 44.6 in Cheshire West and Chester, with 56% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cheshire West and Chester and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Cheshire West and Chester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 212 | 3,827 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | — | 32% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 43% | 15% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Cheshire West and Chester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.3 | 44.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 67% | 40% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.69 | 3.96 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 18% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.7 | 30.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.7 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 197 | 100% | 88% | 30% | 22% | 80% |
| English Language | 197 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 78% |
| English Literature | 194 | 99% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 81% |
| Religious Studies | 191 | 97% | 31% | 12% | 32% | 59% |
| Combined Science | 140 | 71% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 56% |
| History | 108 | 55% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 58% |
| Geography | 97 | 49% | 41% | 37% | 25% | 75% |
| Spanish | 76 | 39% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 74% |
| Biology | 56 | 29% | 23% | 29% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 55 | 28% | 23% | 36% | 47% | 93% |
| Physics | 55 | 28% | 23% | 33% | 46% | 98% |
| French | 55 | 28% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 76% |
| Business Studies | 41 | 21% | 18% | 7% | 20% | 46% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 34 | 17% | 8% | 15% | 21% | 59% |
| Fine Art | 33 | 17% | 9% | 30% | 28% | 91% |
| Physical Education | 32 | 16% | 11% | 6% | 24% | 75% |
| Citizenship Studies | 27 | 14% | 3% | 44% | 19% | 93% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 10% | 11% | 10% | 23% | 50% |
| Dance | 18 | 9% | 1% | 6% | 27% | 28% |
| Computer Science | 9 | 5% | 13% | 44% | 30% | 89% |
| Chinese | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 28 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 17 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 12 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 8 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
Foundation school · 651 pupils
62% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.2
Chester International School
Studio schools · sixth form · 229 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.5
Christleton High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,382 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.8
Ellesmere Port Church of England College
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 777 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0
Helsby High School
Community school · sixth form · 1,211 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.1
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.