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%
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 139368
Wade Deacon High School
Academy converter · Widnes · WA8 7TD
Ages 11–16 · 1,658 pupils · Halton
Ofsted
Outstanding
Attainment 8
48.2
Overall absence
6.9%
Admissions demand
1.34 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2022-11-29
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.17
−20+2
Attainment 848.2
English & maths grade 5+47%
English & maths grade 4+69%
EBacc entry57%
EBacc APS: 4.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)17.8%
Unauthorised3.3%
- Authorised absence
- 3.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,632
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
1.34 · Competitive
1st preferences
426
Places offered
317
1st-preference offers
316
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 696
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 317
- Applications from outside LA
- 63
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- 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 fill102%
1,658 pupils · 1,625 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,658
- Boys / girls
- 810 / 848
- School capacity
- 1,625
- Capacity fill
- 1,658 / 1,625 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 25.7%
- FSM pupils
- 426
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: WADE DEACON TRUST
- Academy trust
- WADE DEACON TRUST
- Sponsor
- Wade Deacon Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Brendan Hesketh
Location
- Address
- Birchfield Road
- Postcode
- WA8 7TD
- 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 converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Widnes, Halton, 1,658 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 25.7%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ormiston Chadwick Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Widnes · WA8 7HU · Halton
Ages 11–16
- Att840.6
- P8-0.2
- EM5+38%
- Absence13.5%
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%
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Brendan Hesketh
- Telephone
- 01514232721