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Academy sponsor led · 332 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.3
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Wade Deacon High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,658of 1,625 places
- Free school meals
- 25.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 317
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 29 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Wade Deacon High School (URN 111435, until 1 March 2013).
What the data says
Wade Deacon High School has no sixth form. Of the 309 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 9% moved to a sixth form college, 79% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 36% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.0 against 46.1 across England and 42.1 in Halton, with 62% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Wade Deacon High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Wade Deacon High School | Halton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 309 | 1,490 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 9% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 79% | 69% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Wade Deacon High School | Halton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 54.0 | 42.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 48% | 24% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.77 | 3.58 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 43% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 42.0 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 59.1 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 315 | 99% | 88% | 24% | 22% | 79% |
| English Language | 315 | 99% | 89% | 41% | 20% | 90% |
| English Literature | 312 | 98% | 86% | 31% | 21% | 85% |
| Combined Science | 260 | 82% | 65% | 14% | 9% | 68% |
| Geography | 171 | 54% | 41% | 33% | 25% | 81% |
| French | 135 | 43% | 18% | 38% | 29% | 90% |
| History | 127 | 40% | 41% | 39% | 26% | 78% |
| Art and Design | 113 | 36% | 7% | 35% | 24% | 98% |
| Business Studies | 79 | 25% | 18% | 23% | 20% | 78% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 64 | 20% | 8% | 20% | 21% | 84% |
| Computer Science | 60 | 19% | 13% | 35% | 30% | 78% |
| Biology | 54 | 17% | 23% | 44% | 45% | 89% |
| Chemistry | 51 | 16% | 23% | 43% | 47% | 96% |
| Physics | 51 | 16% | 23% | 35% | 46% | 94% |
| Design and Technology | 47 | 15% | 11% | 23% | 23% | 79% |
| Drama | 39 | 12% | 7% | 28% | 27% | 74% |
| Physical Education | 32 | 10% | 11% | 50% | 24% | 84% |
| Music | 22 | 7% | 5% | 23% | 33% | 59% |
| Spanish | 21 | 7% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 71% |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 4% | 31% | 64% | 32% | 93% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Modern Greek | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 84 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 58 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 22 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 12 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 10 | — | — |
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.