Contested schools in Cheshire West and Chester
These are the Cheshire West and Chester schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Cheshire West and Chester
Secondary schools (8)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| The County High School, Leftwich | 205 | 226 | 1.10 |
| The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School | 202 | 219 | 1.08 |
| Bishop Heber High School | 170 | 173 | 1.02 |
| Hartford Church of England High School | 233 | 237 | 1.02 |
| Weaverham High School | 225 | 224 | 1 |
| Christleton High School | 219 | 214 | 0.98 |
| Neston High School | 302 | 294 | 0.97 |
| Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College | 196 | 188 | 0.96 |
Primary schools (47)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huxley CofE Primary School | 9 | 16 | — |
| Delamere CofE Primary Academy | 25 | 43 | 1.72 |
| Belgrave Primary School | 30 | 50 | 1.67 |
| Childer Thornton Primary School | 30 | 49 | 1.63 |
| Frodsham Manor House Primary School | 30 | 48 | 1.60 |
| Wolverham Primary and Nursery School | 29 | 44 | 1.52 |
| Mill View Primary School | 30 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School | 30 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Aston by Sutton Primary School | 15 | 19 | — |
| St Martin's Academy Chester | 26 | 33 | 1.27 |
| Grange Community Nursery and Primary School | 29 | 36 | 1.24 |
| St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School | 30 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Whitegate CofE Primary School | 24 | 29 | 1.21 |
| Capenhurst CofE Primary School | 15 | 18 | — |
| Westminster Community Primary School | 20 | 24 | 1.20 |
| Willaston CofE Primary School | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Kingsmead Primary School | 45 | 53 | 1.18 |
| Acresfield Academy | 30 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary School | 6 | 7 | — |
| Over St John's CofE Primary School | 21 | 24 | 1.14 |
| Little Sutton C of E Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Tarporley CofE Primary School | 29 | 32 | 1.10 |
| Boughton Heath Academy | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Cuddington Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Rivacre Valley Primary School | 45 | 48 | 1.07 |
| The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy | 29 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Wimboldsley Community Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Guilden Sutton CofE Primary School | 28 | 29 | 1.04 |
| Lower Peover CofE Primary School | 29 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School | 58 | 60 | 1.03 |
| Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School | 51 | 51 | 1 |
| Dee Point Primary School | 39 | 39 | 1 |
| Hartford Primary School | 43 | 43 | 1 |
| Helsby Hillside Primary School | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| Horn's Mill Primary School | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| Meadow Primary School | 59 | 59 | 1 |
| Tarvin Primary School | 24 | 24 | 1 |
| Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School | 15 | 15 | — |
| Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery | 59 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Darnhall Primary School | 49 | 45 | 0.92 |
| Parkgate Primary School | 22 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Whitley Village School | 8 | 7 | — |
| Frodsham CofE Primary School | 30 | 25 | 0.83 |
| Whitby Heath Primary School | 50 | 41 | 0.82 |
| Alvanley and Manley Village School | 14 | 11 | — |
| Christleton Primary School | 28 | 22 | 0.79 |
| Eccleston CofE Primary School | 8 | 6 | — |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.