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Chester International School

Queens Park Campus, Queens Park Road, Handbridge, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH4 7AE

Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 8 February 2022). Last inspected 8 February 2022.

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258
Pupils
29.9%
Free school meals
1 September 2017
Opened

About this school

Chester International School is a Studio schools serving secondary age pupils, located in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire. The school has 258 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 8 February 2022). Last inspected 8 February 2022. The Headteacher is Tom Kearns. The school is administered by Cheshire West and Chester local authority. It belongs to THE LEARNING TRUST. It opened in 1 September 2017.

School details

Head
Tom Kearns
Trust
THE LEARNING TRUST
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Gender
Mixed
URN
144742

International affiliations

IB World School
IB MYP (Ages 11–16) IB DP (Ages 16–19) IB CP (Ages 16–19)
IBO code
051995
IB since
06 February 2018
IB region
Africa, Europe, Middle East
Country
United Kingdom

Admissions

Applications for places at Chester International School are handled by the school or the local authority (Cheshire West and Chester). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

34.5
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−1.20
Progress 8 · 2023-24
23%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
43%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.22
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
49%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
  • Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
  • Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
  • Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
  • EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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