Ashley High School

State-Funded School

ashley-high-school-halton-north-west

North WestRegion

HaltonLocal Authority

Widnes and HalewoodConstituency

WA8 7HGPostcode

7.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ashley High School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Halton, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 137 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 10.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 9.1%
EBacc average point score: 1.13

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

137

Total Pupils

73%Boys

27%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 137
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 5 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 Apr 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.