Secondary · WA6 · Cheshire West and Chester

Helsby High School

Chester Road, Helsby, Frodsham, WA6 0HY

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance95.1%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.05
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils1211

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in WA6. Where we have them, council (Cheshire West and Chester) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1211
Free school meals
16.5%
2% below district average (18.5%)

Also: Cheshire West and Chester 20.5% · England 25.8%

SEN
17.7%
2.2% below district average (19.9%)

Also: Cheshire West and Chester 15.4% · England 16.5%

EAL
1.9%
0.8% below district average (2.7%)
Attendance
95.1%
0.5% below district average (95.6%)

Also: Cheshire West and Chester 91.2% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
11.5%
Progress 8
+0.05 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
47.1
Grade 5+ English & maths
51.9%
Grade 4+ English & maths
70.4%
Entered for EBacc
74.1%
EBacc average point score
4.44

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the WA6 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.3%
  • 2021/2289.8%
  • 2022/2391.2%
  • 2023/2489.8%
  • 2024/2589.5%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
1371
Pupils on roll
1211

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Cheshire West and Chester page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.7%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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