Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Widnes, WA8 7DW
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Wade Deacon High School
Birchfield Road, Widnes, WA8 7TD
Local ranking1st of 8 secondary schools in Halton
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1625
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 29 November 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 318
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
- 810 (49%)
- Girls
- 848 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1625 (102% 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
*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
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.4% nat15.8%
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
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- White British: 89.3%
- White Other: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
89.3%
White British
4.8%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Birchfield Road
Widnes, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 139368
- UKPRN
- 10040657
- Establishment No.
- 4207
- Trust
- WADE DEACON TRUST
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