Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Widnes, Halton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.17 miles
Published by Halton Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School is a secondary school in Widnes, Halton for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 July 2022. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 5.17 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 5.17 miles from the school, which was further than in 2024.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 247 first-choice applications for 271 offers; 242 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 41.4 (England 46).
- The 33% for 2024/25 was the 2nd lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 nearest secondary schools in Halton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Halton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Highfield Road, Widnes, WA8 7DW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,337 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School.”
- “They told inspectors that they feel well cared for and valued for who they are.”
- “They make friends easily and feel happy and safe at school.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, some staff are less skilled in selecting the most suitable activities to build pupils’ understanding.”
- “Consequently, in these subjects, some pupils lack the rich subject knowledge that they acquire in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 247 first-preference applications, 271 offers in total, 242 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Halton.
- Wade Deacon High School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ormiston Chadwick Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Heath School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandymoor Ormiston Academy 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published