Schools in Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port is an industrial town in Cheshire West and Chester, with 28 state schools - 21 primaries and 3 secondaries. Cheshire West and Chester Council co-ordinates admissions for community schools using a catchment-area model, where families living within a school's designated catchment receive priority after looked-after children and siblings. The town spans several distinct communities including Whitby, Great Sutton, and Little Sutton, each served by local primary schools.
Secondary schools in Ellesmere Port are The Whitby High School, Ellesmere Port Church of England College, and Ellesmere Port Catholic High School. The Catholic school applies faith criteria before distance, so non-Catholic families should focus applications on the other two secondaries or look at schools in nearby Chester. Cheshire West also runs its admissions round on the national timetable with the secondary deadline in October.
School demand in Ellesmere Port
Across the 28 schools in Ellesmere Port with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 94%. 8 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
8 schools in Ellesmere Port have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in Ellesmere Port are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Cheshire West and Chester, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
15 of the schools in Ellesmere Port have a current Ofsted rating, of which 13 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Ellesmere Port: 7 oversubscribed (21)
Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Ellesmere Port · CH65 4AQ
Whitby Heath Primary School
Primary · Community school
Ellesmere Port · CH65 6RJ
Sutton Green Primary School
Primary · Community school
Ellesmere Port · CH66 4NW
Rossmore School
Primary · Community school
Ellesmere Port · CH66 1HF
Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Ellesmere Port · CH65 6TQ
St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Ellesmere Port · CH66 1NN
Rivacre Valley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Ellesmere Port · CH66 1LE
Brookside Primary School
Primary · Community school
Ellesmere Port · CH66 2EE
The Oaks Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Ellesmere Port · CH65 9EX
Woodlands Primary School
Primary · Community school
Ellesmere Port · CH66 2JT
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
ELLESMERE PORT · CH65 7AQ
St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Ellesmere Port · CH66 2BD
St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Ellesmere Port · CH65 5EW
Childer Thornton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Ellesmere Port · CH66 1QY
Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Ellesmere Port · CH66 3RL
Wolverham Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Ellesmere Port · CH65 5AT
Little Sutton C of E Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Ellesmere Port · CH66 4PP
Westminster Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Ellesmere Port · CH65 2ED
The Acorns Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Ellesmere Port · CH65 7ED
William Stockton Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Ellesmere Port · CH65 8DH
Meadow Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Ellesmere Port · CH66 4SZ
Secondary Schools in Ellesmere Port (3)
The Whitby High School
Secondary · Foundation school
Ellesmere Port · CH66 2NU
Ellesmere Port Church of England College
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Ellesmere Port · CH65 6EA
Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Ellesmere Port · CH65 7AQ
Other Schools in Ellesmere Port (4)
Hinderton School
Not applicable · Community special school
Ellesmere Port · CH65 7AQ
Archers Brook SEMH Residential School
Not applicable · Community special school
Ellesmere Port · CH66 2NA
Rivacre Brook
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Ellesmere Port · CH65 1AN
The Bridge Short Stay School
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Ellesmere Port · CH65 7EP
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Ellesmere Port are set by Cheshire West and Chester and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.