Ashley High School
Cawfield Avenue, Widnes, WA8 7HG
137 pupils · 122% of 112 capacity
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Halton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 55%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 February 2025, published 10 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 10.7 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 9.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 22.7% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Chesnut Lodge Special School 0.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Poppy Field School 1.8 km · No Ofsted rating
- The Raise Academy 2.8 km · No Ofsted rating
- Brookfields School 3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Weston Point College 3.9 km · No Ofsted rating
- Tower College 4.1 km · No Ofsted rating
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.