Across Cheshire West and Chester, 162 schools work in partnership with the local authority to ensure the best possible education for over 49,000 pupils.
Whether it's supporting teachers and pupils in the classroom, or ensuring that the children have a good lunch - there are a great number of ways that you can help ensure that our schools are the best they can possibly be. Please note that roles vary between term-time only and all year round, check individual adverts for details.
93% of primary pupils attend a good or better primary school, compared to 89% nationally (NW 90.5%).
Varying greatly in size, the smallest school has 35 pupils on roll, whilst our largest primary school has 636. Our schools serve a wide range of communities, from rural villages to areas of high social disadvantage. A small proportion of our primary schools have converted to academy status (13%) and there are currently two free primary schools.
The quality of secondary education is very strong with 96% of pupils attending a good or better secondary school, compared to 82.9% nationally.
We have a range of maintained, faith, foundation and free schools within the borough. Of the 20 schools which make up the secondary sector, half of these are academies.
100% of nursery schools, special schools and PRUs are judged good or outstanding by Ofsted.