Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 332 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.3
Community special school
Ashley High School
- Pupils on roll
- 137of 112 places
- Free school meals
- 55.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 22
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 5 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 19 pupils who finished Year 11 at Ashley High School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Ashley High School’s own sixth form (Halton average 6%), 58% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Halton and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Ashley High School | Halton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 19 | 1,490 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 58% | 69% | 37% |
| — other education | 42% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Ashley High School | Halton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 10.7 | 42.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 9% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 23% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 24% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.13 | 3.58 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 73% | 43% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 9.1 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 14.8 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 4% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 13 | 59% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 46% |
| Mathematics | 11 | 50% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 55% |
| History | 10 | 45% | 41% | 0% | 26% | 40% |
| Combined Science | 10 | 45% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 40% |
Other secondary schools in Halton
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 754 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.9
Ormiston Chadwick Academy
Academy sponsor led · 884 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.2
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · 1,337 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.4
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Free schools · 631 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
The Grange School
Academy sponsor led · 1,200 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.