The Heath School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 16 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Halton
Unique reference
136779
Address
Clifton Road, WA7 4SY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1184 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.6%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.5%
Mixed 2.9%
Other White 1.3%
Unclassified 0.8%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.3
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 19%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.1
Local authority average 42.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.76
Local authority average 3.51
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award45
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award22
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE42
Business Studies:SingleGCSE97
ChemistryGCSE42
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Heath School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
237
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
274
2nd preference
126
3rd preference
35
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
231
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
123
117
Year 8
237
111
126
Year 9
235
122
113
Year 10
234
119
115
Year 11
238
109
129
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
85.4%
85.6%
Further education
56.0%
64.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
6.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
28.0%
14.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.6%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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