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

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1614 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
4.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.5%
Persistent absence
14.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.2%
Unclassified 4.8%
Mixed 3.1%
Other White 3%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.39
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.3
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 19%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.4
Local authority average 42.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.51
Local authority average 3.51
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE109
BiologyGCSE62
Business Studies:SingleGCSE116
ChemistryGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE63
Design & TechnologyGCSE66
English LanguageGCSE307
English LiteratureGCSE305
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE43
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wade Deacon High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
317
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
426
2nd preference
181
3rd preference
86
From another Local Authority
63
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
316
2nd preference
1
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 classes26.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
332
171
161
Year 8
325
156
169
Year 9
325
163
162
Year 10
325
158
167
Year 11
307
163
144
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
85.2%
86.5%
Further education
77.0%
65.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
8.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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