Academy special converter

The Cavendish High Academy

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formHalton, North West · Runcorn WA7 4YXTrust: The Cavendish High AcademySchool website
Pupils on roll
110of 90 places
Free school meals
60.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
16
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 28 June 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Cavendish High School (URN 111497, until 1 February 2014).

What the data says

Of the 11 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Cavendish High Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in The Cavendish High Academy’s own sixth form (Halton average 6%), 18% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

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.

The Cavendish High Academy
Halton
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThe Cavendish High AcademyHaltonEngland
Pupils in the cohort111,490607,348
Any sustained destination100%92%92%
Stayed in education100%86%86%
— school sixth form0%6%34%
— sixth form college0%9%13%
— further education college18%69%37%
— other education82%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%6%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Halton

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.