North West
Secondary schools in Halton
66 schools, 17,996 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 34.1.
Ofsted across Halton
Good32
Outstanding2
Inadequate2
Requires improvement1
No overall grade29
37 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 29 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Halton
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Deacon High SchoolAcademy converter | Widnes | Outstanding 2022 | 54 |
| Sandymoor Ormiston AcademyFree schools | Runcorn | Good 2024 | 44.4 |
| The Heath SchoolAcademy converter | Runcorn | No grade | 42.5 |
| Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Widnes | Good 2022 | 41.4 |
| Ormiston Chadwick AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Widnes | Good 2024 | 41.2 |
| The Grange SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Runcorn | Good 2022 | 36.4 |
| Ormiston Bolingbroke AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Runcorn | No grade | 35.9 |
| Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Runcorn | No grade | 33.3 |