Ormiston Chadwick Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Widnes, 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 🔒
Ormiston Chadwick Academy is a secondary school in Widnes, Halton for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Ormiston Chadwick 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 | 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
- Free school meal eligibility is 51.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 41% across the 6 nearest secondary schools in Halton.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 3 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 152 first-choice applications for 170 offers: 0.9 first choices per offer, the lowest of 7 Halton secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 39% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd highest 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
- Liverpool Road, Widnes, WA8 7HU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 884 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “Ormiston Chadwick Academy is a friendly and caring community.”
- “Pupils have positive relationships with their peers and staff.”
- “Pupils are happy and they feel safe in school.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge from the previous curriculum.”
- “This makes it difficult for them to connect and deepen their learning when new concepts are introduced.”
- “However, teachers sometimes do not go beyond making sure that pupils can recall basic facts and terminology.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 2024 (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) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.2 | 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: 152 first-preference applications, 170 offers in total, 152 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.
- Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wade Deacon High School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Heath School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandymoor Ormiston Academy 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published