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Academy sponsor led · Halton

Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 332Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of England/Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 149032URN

Grangeway, Runcorn, WA7 5YH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Halton median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Halton

111 applications for 59 places · small intake, not ranked
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.5of 90
5th of 8 in Halton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 25 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Year 7
close to Halton median (2.0) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

111 applications · 59 places offered · 57 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.

  1. 2026 1.9; Halton median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.1; Halton median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.0; Halton median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.6; Halton median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.7; Halton median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.3; Halton median median 1.7; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.7; Halton median median 1.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.4; Halton median median 1.3; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.4; Halton median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.9; Halton median median 1.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Halton median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.1; Halton median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Halton median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Halton median in 1 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Halton median

Dashed bars: as St Chads Catholic and Church of England High School (URN 135731), St Chad's Catholic High School (URN 111453), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026591111.9570.97
Sep 202544932.1430.98
Sep 20241011051.0490.49
Sep 2023671091.6440.66
Sep 202252901.7420.81
Sep 2021 *951221.3470.49
Sep 2020 *901561.7880.98
Sep 2019 *1121611.4990.88
Sep 2018 *1251751.4950.76
Sep 2017 *1162191.91130.97
Sep 2016 *1172292.01040.89
Sep 2015 *1803742.11790.99
Sep 2014 *1873411.81850.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

70 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.55th of 8 in Halton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths23%8th of 8 in Halton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths37%
  • This school
  • Halton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.37
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)7037.523%37%–
2024/257333.319%45%–
2023/248927.37%35%−1.37
2022/2311039.326%57%−0.62

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
149032 · 876/4006
Trust
St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England/Roman Catholic
Capacity
950 pupils · 332 on roll
Free school meals
61.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2022
Replaced
St Chads Catholic and Church of England High School (URN 135731); St Chad's Catholic High School (URN 111453)
Address
Grangeway, Runcorn, WA7 5YH
Local authority
Halton

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources