Halewood Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Knowsley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.509 miles
Published by Knowsley Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Halewood Academy is a secondary school in Knowsley for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Halewood Academy 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 | 1.509 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 256 first-choice applications for 236 offers; 216 offers went to first-choice families, and 40 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- The last Year 7 place in 2026 went to a child living 1.509 miles away, the longest of the 4 Knowsley secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Of the 432 Year 7 2026 applications, 245 (57%) came from families living outside Knowsley, and 101 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 38% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 nearest secondary schools in Knowsley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Knowsley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Avenue, Wood Road, Halewood, Knowsley, L26 1UU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,131 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from clear routines at the start of the school day.”
- “They are greeted by staff, who know them well and who address any concerns that they have.”
- “This helps pupils to feel valued by the school.”
To improve
- “While leaders have reduced the number of pupils with very low attendance rates, there are still too many pupils who do not attend school as often as they should.”
- “However, some pupils do not move on to independent learning activities as smoothly as they should.”
- “However, leaders know that there is more work to be done so that these pupils can benefit from what the school has to offer.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2026 (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) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.6 | 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: 256 first-preference applications, 236 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 Knowsley.
- Lord Derby Academy 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy 4.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Prescot School 4.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Kirkby High School 8.0 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic High School 8.7 mi Good Last distance published