Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Secondary
Widnes · WA8 7DW · Halton
Ages 11–16
- Att839.9
- P8-0.6
- EM5+32%
- Absence10.0%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 140864
Ormiston Chadwick Academy
Academy sponsor led · Widnes · WA8 7HU
Ages 11–16 · 884 pupils · Halton
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
40.6
Overall absence
13.5%
Admissions demand
0.90 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-05-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.23
−20+2
Attainment 840.6
English & maths grade 5+38%
English & maths grade 4+62%
EBacc entry19%
EBacc APS: 3.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence13.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)38.6%
Unauthorised6.1%
- Authorised absence
- 7.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 7.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 958
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.90 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
171
Places offered
189
1st-preference offers
168
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 411
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 189
- Applications from outside LA
- 14
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill91%
884 pupils · 976 places
- Pupils on roll
- 884
- Boys / girls
- 461 / 423
- School capacity
- 976
- Capacity fill
- 884 / 976 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 51.6%
- FSM pupils
- 456
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Ormiston Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Lowry-Johnson
Location
- Address
- Liverpool Road
- Postcode
- WA8 7HU
- Town
- Widnes
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Halton
- District
- Halton
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Widnes, Halton, 884 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 51.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Wade Deacon High School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Widnes · WA8 7TD · Halton
Ages 11–16
- Att848.2
- P80.2
- EM5+47%
- Absence6.9%
1.0 miles away
Rainhill High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Prescot · L35 6NY · St. Helens
Ages 11–18
- Att847.3
- P8-0.1
- EM5+45%
- Absence7.1%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Lowry-Johnson
- Telephone
- 01514245038