St Chads Catholic and Church of England High School is a secondary school located in Runcorn. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 15/06/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.8%, which is 2.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Grangeway, Runcorn, WA7 5YH
Website: http://www.st-chads.co.uk/
Telephone: 01928564106
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Halton
Headteacher / Principal: Mr James Forber
Religious character: Church of England/Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 135731

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 15/06/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 950
Number of Pupils: 545
Number of Boys: 286
Number of Girls: 259

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 18.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.71 Confidence interval -0.91 to -0.51
Of the 163 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 162 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:69%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:23%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:39.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.47
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Woodside Primary School
Whitchurch Way , Halton Lodge Estate WA7 5YP
2out of 4 244 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Halton Lodge Primary School
Grangeway , WA7 5LU
3out of 4 446 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School
Cotterill , Halton Brook WA7 2NL
3out of 4 732 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Castle View Primary School
Mead Way , Halton Brook WA7 2DZ
3out of 4 834 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery
Hallwood Park Avenue , Hallwood Park WA7 2FL
2out of 4 930 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Chads Catholic and Church of England High School
Grangeway , WA7 5YH
2out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
The Heath School
Clifton Road , WA7 4SY
3out of 4 1,089 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
Barnfield Avenue , WA7 6EP
2out of 4 2,975 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Grange School
Latham Avenue , WA7 5DX
2out of 4 1,108 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hope Corner School
70 Clifton Road , Runcorn WA7 4TD
- not rated 995 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Cavendish High Academy
Lincoln Close , WA7 4YX
4out of 4 1,080 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Halton School
31 Main Street , Halton WA7 2AN
- not rated 1,420 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Bridge School
Chadwick Road , Astmoor WA7 1PW
3out of 4 2,172 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Weston Point College
Picow Farm Road , WA7 4UN
- not rated 2,947 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.