Schools in Halton
66 state-funded schools, 18,463 pupils. 90.6% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 7 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
1 school has been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence. 1 school is awaiting a first inspection.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in Halton?
Halton has 66 state-funded schools teaching 18,463 pupils. 49 primary, 8 secondary, 5 special.
What percentage of schools in Halton are Good or Outstanding?
90.6% of the 64 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in Halton are rated Good or Outstanding: 7 Outstanding and 51 Good. 4 require improvement and 2 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in Halton are rated Outstanding?
7 schools are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in Halton: Wade Deacon High School, Lunts Heath Primary School, St Bede's Catholic Infant School, Brookfields School, Ashley High School, The Cavendish High Academy, and 1 more listed below.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Wade Deacon High SchoolSecondary1,618Outstanding 2022
- Lunts Heath Primary SchoolPrimary416Outstanding 2024
- St Bede's Catholic Infant SchoolPrimary226Outstanding 2023
- Brookfields SchoolSpecial131Outstanding 2023
- Ashley High SchoolSpecial128Outstanding 2015
- The Cavendish High AcademySpecial107Outstanding 2023
- Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Warrington Road Nursery SchoolNursery58Outstanding 2024
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 49 | 48 | 91.7% |
| Secondary | 8 | 8 | 75% |
| Special | 5 | 4 | 100% |
| Nursery | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Alternative provision | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Every school in Halton
Showing 20 of 66 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
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Wade Deacon High School | Secondary | 1,618 | Outstanding2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School | Secondary | 1,302 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Heath School | Secondary | 1,185 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Grange School | Secondary | 1,173 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Ormiston Chadwick Academy | Secondary | 921 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy | Secondary | 829 | Requires Improvement2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy | Secondary | 599 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Fairfield Primary School | Primary | 594 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Lunts Heath Primary School | Primary | 416 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School | Primary | 415 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Ditton Primary School | Primary | 370 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy | Secondary | 363 | Requires Improvement2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Bede's Catholic Junior School | Primary | 307 | Good2020 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Oakfield Community Primary School | Primary | 307 | Good2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Berteline's CofE Primary School | Primary | 256 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Moorfield Primary School | Primary | 242 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School | Primary | 229 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 227 | Good2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Bede's Catholic Infant School | Primary | 226 | Outstanding2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Brookvale Primary School | Primary | 224 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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