Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 332 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.3
Academy sponsor led
The Grange School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,200of 1,320 places
- Free school meals
- 53.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 114
- Ofsted
- Good, 4 May 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Grange School (URN 111401, until 23 March 2017).
What the data says
The Grange School has no sixth form. Of the 119 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 69% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.4 against 46.1 across England and 42.1 in Halton, with 24% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, The Grange 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 | The Grange School | Halton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 119 | 1,490 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 5% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 69% | 69% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Grange School | Halton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.4 | 42.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 40% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 37% | 24% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.22 | 3.58 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 63% | 43% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.6 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.3 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 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 | 113 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 57% |
| Mathematics | 113 | 99% | 88% | 4% | 22% | 49% |
| English Literature | 105 | 92% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 54% |
| Combined Science | 93 | 82% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 35% |
| History | 60 | 53% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 43% |
| Geography | 46 | 40% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 43% |
| Art and Design | 43 | 38% | 7% | 2% | 24% | 47% |
| Spanish | 43 | 38% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 74% |
| Photography | 38 | 33% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 47% |
| Biology | 18 | 16% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 83% |
| Physics | 17 | 15% | 23% | 12% | 46% | 82% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 15% | 23% | 12% | 47% | 76% |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 1% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Physical Education | 1 | 1% | 11% | — | 24% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 43 | — | — |
| Retailing | 24 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 23 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 19 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 15 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 9 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 4 | — | — |
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 Heath School
Academy converter · 1,174 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.5
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.