Secondary schools in Halton
Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.
Halton has 8 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 1,490 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 86% stayed in education (England 86%): 6% in a school sixth form, 9% at a sixth form college, 69% at a further education college.
4% started an apprenticeship, close to the England rate of 3%.
After sixth form, 34% of students in Halton went to university (England 37%), and 10% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).
GCSE results in 2025: Attainment 8 of 42.1 against 46.1 for England; 39% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%).
After Year 11: Halton against England
| Measure | Halton | England |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 1,490 | 607,348 |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 69% | 37% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% |
Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went
One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.
Map of secondary schools in Halton
Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.
State-funded secondary schools (8)
Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 332 | 86% | 3% | 69% | 4% | — | 33.3 | 19% |
| Ormiston Bolingbroke AcademyAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 754 | 87% | 36% | 45% | 2% | 31% | 35.9 | 33% |
| Ormiston Chadwick AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 884 | 84% | 1% | 77% | 3% | — | 41.2 | 39% |
| Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | 1,337 | 88% | 1% | 83% | 5% | — | 41.4 | 33% |
| Sandymoor Ormiston AcademyFree schools | 631 | 79% | 2% | 51% | 5% | — | 44.4 | 43% |
| The Grange SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1,200 | 79% | 4% | 69% | 4% | — | 36.4 | 24% |
| The Heath SchoolAcademy converter | 1,174 | 87% | 1% | 67% | 6% | — | 42.5 | 37% |
| Wade Deacon High SchoolAcademy converter | 1,658 | 89% | 1% | 79% | 3% | — | 54.0 | 62% |
Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (5)
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside College Haltoncollege · Further education | — | — | — | — | — | 34% | — | — |
| Ashley High Schoolspecial · Community special school · sixth form | 137 | 100% | 0% | 58% | 0% | — | 10.7 | 9% |
| Chesnut Lodge Special Schoolspecial · Community special school | 85 | 83% | 0% | 67% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Weston Point Collegespecial · Other independent special school | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3 | 0% |
| The Cavendish High Academystate · Academy special converter · sixth form | 110 | 100% | 0% | 18% | 0% | — | — | — |