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53 open schools in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Cheshire West and Chester schools · grammar schools in Chester

Chester has 53 state schools: 40 primary, 8 secondary, part of Cheshire West and Chester's wider catchment. 48 have a published Ofsted rating, and 37 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Abbey Gate College Chester Acresfield Academy Chester · Outstanding Ashton Hayes Primary School Chester · Good Barrow CofE Primary School Chester · Requires improvement Belgrave Primary School Chester · Good Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College Chester · Requires improvement Boughton Heath Academy Chester · Outstanding Capenhurst CofE Primary School Chester · Good Cherry Grove Primary School Chester · Good Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School Chester · Good Chester International School Chester · Good Christleton High School Chester · Good Christleton Primary School Chester · Not judged Clutton Church of England Primary School Chester · Good Dee Banks School Chester · Good Dee Point Primary School Chester · Requires improvement Dodleston CofE Primary School Chester · Good Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College Chester · Good Eccleston CofE Primary School Chester · Good Elton Primary School Chester · Good Farndon Primary School Chester · Not judged Guilden Sutton CofE Primary School Chester · Outstanding Highfield Community Primary School Chester · Good Hoole Church of England Primary School Chester Huntington Community Primary School Chester · Good Huxley CofE Primary School Chester · Inadequate J H Godwin Primary School Chester · Good Lache Primary School Chester · Good Mickle Trafford Village School Chester · Good Mill View Primary School Chester · Outstanding Newton Primary School Chester · Requires improvement Oldfield Primary School Chester · Good Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School Chester · Not judged Queen's Park High School Chester · Not judged Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-School Chester · Good Saughall All Saints Church of England Primary School Chester · Good St Clare's Catholic Primary School Chester · Good St Martin's Academy Chester Chester · Not judged St Oswald's CofE Primary School Chester · Good St Theresa's Catholic Primary School Chester · Good St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School Chester · Good Tarvin Primary School Chester · Good The Arches Community Primary School Chester · Good The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School Chester · Good The Catholic High School, Chester Chester · Good The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy Chester · Good The Hammond Chester The King's School Chester The Queen's School Chester Upton Heath CofE Primary School Chester · Good Upton Westlea Primary School Chester · Requires improvement Upton-by-Chester High School Chester · Good Waverton Community Primary School Chester · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Eccleston CofE Primary School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ashton Hayes Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lache Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Upton Heath CofE Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Clare's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Dodleston CofE Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Huntington Community Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Mickle Trafford Village School Good · ×0.94 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Cheshire West and Chester

Primary schools: LA publishes a dedicated 'Catchment areas' page; catchment gives higher priority but is not guaranteed. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	2027-10-31
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	2028-01-15
Sept 2028	Offer day	2028-03-01
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	2028-04-17
Sept 2027	Application deadline	2026-10-31
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	2027-01-15
Sept 2027	Offer day	2027-03-01
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	2027-04-16
Sept 2026	Application deadline	2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	2026-04-16 (passed)

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