Wade Deacon High School
Secondary schoolWade Deacon High School is a secondary school in Halton, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,658 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), November 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 29 November 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Wade Deacon High School was 49.2, against 39.7 in Halton and 46.2 in England.
53.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Halton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.2 | 39.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53.8% | 35.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73.3% | 54.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 318 | – | – |
- 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
In a straight line- Birchfield Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, December 2022270 m
- Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, July 2022. Attainment 8 of 39.9 (2025/26, provisional)420 m
- St Bede's Catholic Junior SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, March 2025. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)520 m
- St Bede's Catholic Infant SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), October 2023560 m
- Fairfield Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Kingsway Primary Academy SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Halton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).