Cowley International College
Community school · sixth form · 1,514 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.3
Academy sponsor led
Outwood Academy Haydock
- Pupils on roll
- 791of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 39.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 147
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 1 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Haydock High School (URN 104827, until 1 January 2022).
What the data says
Outwood Academy Haydock has no sixth form. Of the 142 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 27% moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.2 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in St. Helens, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Outwood Academy Haydock is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 St. Helens and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Outwood Academy Haydock | St. Helens | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 142 | 1,990 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 18% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 27% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 37% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Outwood Academy Haydock | St. Helens | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.2 | 41.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 36% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 25% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.59 | 3.59 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.9 | 30.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.3 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 5% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 147 | 100% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 73% |
| Mathematics | 147 | 100% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 62% |
| English Literature | 141 | 96% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 107 | 73% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 50% |
| History | 73 | 50% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 71% |
| Geography | 61 | 41% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 56% |
| Physics | 32 | 22% | 23% | 19% | 46% | 88% |
| Biology | 29 | 20% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 97% |
| Spanish | 29 | 20% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 72% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 19% | 23% | 25% | 47% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 22 | 15% | 7% | 14% | 24% | 77% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 13% | 31% | 11% | 32% | 42% |
| Media Studies | 14 | 10% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 7% | 13% | 40% | 30% | 60% |
| French | 9 | 6% | 18% | 67% | 29% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 39 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 20 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 11 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 3 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in St. Helens
De La Salle School
Academy sponsor led · 1,180 pupils
85% stayed in education
Hope Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,235 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Rainford High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,646 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.6
Rainhill High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,535 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
Academy sponsor led · 549 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
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.