Chesnut Lodge Special SchoolAshley High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Widnes.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Chesnut Lodge Special School and Ashley High School in Widnes.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • Chesnut Lodge Special School was judged Good and Ashley High School was judged Outstanding.

Side-by-side comparison

Chesnut Lodge Special School versus Ashley High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WidnesChesnut Lodge Special SchoolWidnesAshley High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeCommunity special school Community special school
Age range2-16 11-19
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll85 137
CapacityNot reported112
LocationWidnes, WA8 7HF Widnes, WA8 7HG
GCSE results
Attainment 8Not reported10.7 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & mathsNot reported9.1% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & mathsNot reported22.7% 64.8%
Entering EBaccNot reported0.0% 40.5%
EBacc average point scoreNot reported1.13 4.09
Cohort6 22
Pupils
Pupils in the census86 128
Free school meals (ever 6)65.9% 62.7%
English as an additional language3.5% 2.3%
SEN support1.2% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan98.8% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence16.2% 8.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence36.6% 25.9% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Chesnut Lodge Special School

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