The Heath School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Runcorn, WA7 4SY
- Distance
- 5.3km away
Helsby High School
Chester Road, Helsby, Frodsham, WA6 0HY
Local ranking11th of 20 secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1371
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 19 July 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 194
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 44.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
74
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 11.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 161
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1235
- Boys
- 615 (51%)
- Girls
- 596 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1371 (88% full)
- SEND
- 17.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.4%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 15.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,815/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.9%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- White Irish: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
- Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
92.9%
White British
1.9%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 111440
- UKPRN
- 10002998
- Establishment No.
- 4221
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