Wade Deacon High School
Birchfield Road, Widnes, WA8 7TD
Local ranking1st of 9 secondary schools in Halton
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1625
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 54.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 62.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 47.9%
- EBacc APS
- 4.8
- Cohort Size
- 317
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1618
- Boys
- 788 (49%)
- Girls
- 830 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1625 (100% full)
- SEND
- 11.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.0%
- EAL
- 4.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 8.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,791/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.4%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.3%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Other: 4.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
85.3%
White British
4.6%
White Other
4.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139368
- UKPRN
- 10040657
- Establishment No.
- 4207
- Trust
- WADE DEACON TRUST