Wade Deacon High School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Birchfield Road
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 7TD
Phone 01514232721
Reference Number 139368

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1614
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.25%
Girls: 49.75%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 26.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 171 161 332
8 156 169 325
9 163 162 325
10 158 167 325
11 163 144 307

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 87.2%
Unclassified 4.8%
White, Other 3%
Mixed, Other 1.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
White & Asian 0.4%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
White & Black (African) 0.2%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Asian, Other 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2023-01-31
Date Description Report
2022-11-29 School inspection: School inspection:
2013-03-01 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Wade Deacon High School
2011-03-29 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2007-03-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-05-07 Full inspection Full inspection
2011-03-29 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2007-03-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-05-07 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 46.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 64.6% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 181 1
Third Preference 86 0
From another Local Authority 63 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Birchfield Nursery School
Victoria Avenue, widnes, WA8 7TH
0.16 miles
St Bede's Catholic Junior School
Appleton Village, St Bede's Junior School, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 6EL
0.32 miles
St Bede's Catholic Infant School
Leigh Avenue, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 6EL
0.35 miles
Fairfield Primary School
Peelhouse Lane, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 6TH
0.38 miles
Kingsway Primary Academy School
Kingsway, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7QS
0.64 miles
Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School
Pit Lane, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 9HS
0.67 miles
Ditton Primary School
Liverpool Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7HD
0.7 miles
Lunts Heath Primary School
Wedgewood Drive, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 9RJ
0.85 miles
Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School
Dundalk Road, Widnes, WA8 8DF
0.85 miles
St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Lugsdale Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 6DD
0.92 miles
Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Warrington Road Nursery School
Naylor Road, Widnes, WA8 0BS
0.95 miles
Brookfields School
Moorfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 3JA
1.04 miles
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Edward Street, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 0BW
1.06 miles
Moorfield Primary School
School Way, Moorfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 3HJ
1.15 miles
Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery
Hall Lane, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 5DW
1.46 miles
All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Hough Green Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 4PG
1.47 miles
St Michaels Catholic Primary School
St Michael's Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 8TD
1.56 miles
Cronton Church of England Primary Academy
Smithy Lane, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 5DF
1.6 miles
Oakfield Community Primary School
Edinburgh Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 8BQ
1.71 miles
St Basil's Catholic Primary School
Hough Green Road, Hough Green, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 4SZ
1.74 miles
Name Distance
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
Highfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7DW
0.26 miles
Riverside College Halton
Kingsway, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7QQ
0.78 miles
Chesnut Lodge Special School
Green Lane, Ditton, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7HF
0.78 miles
Ashley High School
Cawfield Avenue, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7HG
0.84 miles
The Raise Academy
Naylor Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 0BS
1.01 miles
Ormiston Chadwick Academy
Liverpool Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7HU
1.03 miles
Tower College
Mill Lane, Prescot, L35 6NE
2.4 miles
Rainhill High School
Warrington Road, Rainhill, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 6NY
2.61 miles
Weston Point College
Picow Farm Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4UN
2.85 miles
Ash Meadow School
Jubits Lane, St Helens, WA9 4RT
2.89 miles
The Grange School
Latham Avenue, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 5DX
2.92 miles
Rivacre Brook
Westways, Hooton Park Lane, Hooton, Ellesmere Port, CH65 1AN
3.28 miles
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Cumber Lane, Whiston, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 2XG
3.48 miles
The Heath School
Clifton Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4SY
3.49 miles
Great Sankey High School
Barrow Hall Lane, Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 3AA
3.51 miles
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Grangeway, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 5YH
3.55 miles
The Sutton Academy
Elton Head Road, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 5AU
3.57 miles
Finch Woods Academy
Bailey's Lane, Halewood, Liverpool, Merseyside, L26 0TY
3.68 miles
Hope Corner School
70 Clifton Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4TD
3.69 miles
Penketh High School
Heath Road, Penketh, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 2BY
3.71 miles
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