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The Heath School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Clifton Road, Runcorn WA7 4SY · heathschool.org.uk · 01928 576664
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Halton 42.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,174
- 98% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Halton
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 33%
- First language not English
- 3.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 216 families put the school first and 223 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 223 | 216 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 234 | 239 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 237 | 274 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 234 | 258 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 239 | 286 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.5, and 36.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Halton it was 42.1, and across England 46.
In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade C (29.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼36.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.69 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.2 | +1.3 |
| Sixth form college | 13.1 | −15 |
| Further education | 70.9 | +15.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 3.4 | −1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.8 | −0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 1.3 | −0.4 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2017/18 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 students | C (29.1) | Below average -0.46 | |
| 12 students | C (30.4) | Average -0.37 | |
| Applied general5 students | — | Average +0.34 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 21 | D+ (21.9) | -0.10 |
| 2015/16 | 19 | C- (26.5) | -0.31 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2017/18 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 53 | +18 |
| Employment | 27 | −18 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 20 | +10 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Heath School on 4 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Feb 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111400), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Sept 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111400)
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (165 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 165
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 50 parents (30%) with SEND