Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 332 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.3
Community special school
Chesnut Lodge Special School
- Pupils on roll
- 85
- Free school meals
- 63.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 6
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 20 April 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 6 pupils who finished Year 11 at Chesnut Lodge Special School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 67% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Halton and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Chesnut Lodge Special School | Halton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 6 | 1,490 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 67% | 69% | 37% |
| — other education | 17% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 17% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Halton
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 754 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.9
Ormiston Chadwick Academy
Academy sponsor led · 884 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.2
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · 1,337 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.4
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Free schools · 631 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
The Grange School
Academy sponsor led · 1,200 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.