# The Cavendish High Academy

The Cavendish High Academy is a special school in Halton, for pupils aged 11 to 19.

It had 110 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E140578. [Halton](https://openindex.co.uk/halton)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Academy special converter
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 110
- Council: Halton
- URN: 140578

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Outstanding, June 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, 28 June 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).


### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Halton | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 39.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 35.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 54.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 18 | – | – |

The Cavendish High Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Hope Corner School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hope-corner-school-e138597): 400 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Heath School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-heath-school-e136779): 760 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 41.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Beechwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beechwood-primary-school-e111175): 950 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Weston Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/weston-primary-school-e111114): 960 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blessed-carlo-acutis-catholic-and-church-of-england-academy-e149032): 990 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Pewithall School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pewithall-school-e111141): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140578)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140578)

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