Wade Deacon High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Nov 29 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
- 139368
- Address
- Birchfield Road, WA8 7TD
- Website
- www.wadedeacon.co.uk
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1618 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.7%
- Girls
- 51.3%
- First language not English
- 4.5%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 26.6%
- Persistent absence
- 15.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 8.7%
White British 86%
Other White 4.6%
Unclassified 3.7%
Mixed 3.5%
Other 0.7%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
African 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 48%
Local authority average 24%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 62%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 53.8
Local authority average 42
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 4.76
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Dance: General | Technical Award | 22 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 113 |
| Biology | GCSE | 54 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 79 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 51 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 60 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 47 |
| English Language | GCSE | 315 |
Admissions
Wade Deacon High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 328
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 350
- 2nd preference
- 212
- 3rd preference
- 95
- From another Local Authority
- 49
Offers
- 1st preference
- 325
- 2nd preference
- 3
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 6
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.4 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 331 151 180 |
| Year 8 | 326 170 156 |
| Year 9 | 320 153 167 |
| Year 10 | 324 161 163 |
| Year 11 | 317 153 164 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 89.0% 85.8% 85.5% |
Further education | 79.0% 69.7% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 5.8% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 9.0% 9.5% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.7% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 1.0% 2.4% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 3.9% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 6.0% 5.9% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 2.1% 3.0% |