Upton-by-Chester High School

Foundation schoolSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

St James Avenue, Upton-by-Chester, Chester, CH2 1NN

Headteacher · Mr Lee Cummins

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,728Capacity 1,670

OfstedStandards maintainedInspected 5 February 2025

Free school meals16%

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 5 February 2025.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Cheshire West and Chester council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

273 of the 284 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered292

Applications592

First choice284

First-choice offers273

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).