UK Schools
The Heath School
The Heath School is a mixed secondary academy in Runcorn, Halton Borough Council, teaching 1,174 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in February 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.5 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Heath School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Heath School.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- School Reopens to Students (Start of Autumn Term) Wednesday 03 September 2025 Term
- School Closes for Autumn Half Term Friday 24 October 2025 Holiday
- School Reopens After Autumn Half Term Tuesday 04 November 2025 Holiday
- School Closes for Christmas Holiday Friday 19 December 2025 Holiday
- School Reopens After Christmas Holiday (Start of Spring Term) Tuesday 06 January 2026 Holiday
- School Closes for Spring Half Term Friday 13 February 2026 Holiday
- School Reopens After Spring Half Term Monday 23 February 2026 Holiday
- School Closes for Easter Holiday Friday 27 March 2026 Holiday
- School Reopens After Easter Holiday (Start of Summer Term) Monday 13 April 2026 Holiday
- School Closed – May Day Friday 01 May 2026 Event
- School Reopens After May Day Tuesday 05 May 2026 Event
- School Closes for Summer Half Term Friday 22 May 2026 Holiday
- School Reopens After Summer Half Term Monday 01 June 2026 Holiday
- School Closes for Summer Holiday Friday 17 July 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Monday 01 September 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Tuesday 02 September 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Monday 03 November 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Monday 05 January 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day Monday 20 July 2026 Inset Day
- Saturday 20 December 2025 to Monday 05 January 2026 (Approx. Two Weeks) Christmas Holiday Event
- Saturday 28 March 2026 to Sunday 12 April 2026 (Approx. Two Weeks) Easter Holiday Event
- Saturday 18 July 2026 to Early September 2026 (Approx. Six Weeks) Summer Holiday Event
- Thursday 01 January 2026 New Year’s Day Event
- Friday 03 April 2026 Good Friday Event
- Monday 06 April 2026 Easter Monday Event
- Monday 04 May 2026 Early May Bank Holiday Event
- Monday 25 May 2026 Spring Bank Holiday Event
- Monday 31 August 2026 Summer Bank Holiday Event
- Friday 25 December 2026 Christmas Day Event
- Saturday 26 December 2026 Boxing Day Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Heath School with Halton Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Halton Borough Council England
Attendance 25.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Halton Borough Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 96% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Halton Borough Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The Heath School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Heath School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.