The Heath School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Runcorn, Halton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Halton Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Heath School is a secondary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
The Heath 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as happened at 3 of the 6 other Halton secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 4 earlier Year 7 years (2022 to 2025), and the distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 2026 entry there were 216 first-choice applications for 223 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest of 7 schools including 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
- Clifton Road, Runcorn, WA7 4SY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “The school is ambitious for all pupils’ success.”
- “They embrace new knowledge and they are keen to show what they have remembered.”
- “Pupils feel happy and safe in school.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not use the school’s assessment systems as well as they should.”
- “These teachers do not routinely check how secure pupils are in their learning.”
- “Sometimes, they move on to new topics before pupils are ready.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2025 (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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.5 | 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: 216 first-preference applications, 223 offers in total, 216 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.
- Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sandymoor Ormiston Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wade Deacon High School 3.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ormiston Chadwick Academy 3.5 mi Good Last distance published