Secondary
Wade Deacon High School
Birchfield Road, Widnes, WA8 7TD
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1658 of 1625 places
- Local authority
- Halton
- Trust
- WADE DEACON TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2022
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
62%
54.0
1st of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Widnes we can score - 5 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 54 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.77 |
| Entered the EBacc | 48% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 67% |
| 22/23 | 57% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 62% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.35 |
| 22/23 | +0.39 |
| 23/24 | +0.17 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.3 |
| 22/23 | 52.4 |
| 23/24 | 48.2 |
| 24/25 | 54.0 |
Birchfield Road, Widnes, WA8 7TD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Halton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Brendan Hesketh
- Address
- Birchfield Road, Widnes, WA8 7TD
- Telephone
- 01514232721