UK Schools
Wade Deacon High School
Wade Deacon High School is a mixed secondary academy in Widnes, Halton Borough Council, teaching 1,658 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in November 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 54 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 13 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Wade Deacon High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Wade Deacon High School.
- 1 Inset Day
- 2 School Year Starts / Autumn Term Begins
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year’s Day (Public Holiday)
- 5 Spring Term Begins
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 13 Summer Term Begins
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 20–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Inset Day
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- School Year Starts / Autumn Term Begins Sep 2, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Begins Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Begins Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jul 31, 2026 Inset Day
- New Year’s Day (Public Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Wade Deacon High School with Halton Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 54 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Halton Borough Council England
Attendance 17.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Halton Borough Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 93% 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 Wade Deacon High 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 Wade Deacon High 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.