Chesnut Lodge Special School

State-Funded School
chesnut-lodge-special-school-halton-north-westLink
Region
North WestRegion
HaltonLocal Authority
Widnes and HalewoodConstituency
Postcode
WA8 7HFPostcode
5.5
Academic Performance
Ofsted

About the School

Chesnut Lodge Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–16, located in Halton, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 85 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

9

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White
92%
Asian
1%
Black
1%
Mixed
6%

Pupils

85

Total Pupils

58%Boys
42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals
64%
England average
27%
First language not English
4%
England average
22%
Young carers
1%
England average
1%
0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase
Special
Age range
2 – 16
Deprivation band
Most deprived
Total pupils
85
IDACI quintile
5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 20 April 2023. 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
11 Dec 2013
Good

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.

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