Wade Deacon High School

Wade Deacon are an Outstanding 11-16 comprehensive school with over 1600 students on roll. The school is heavily oversubscribed year on year and enjoys an enviable reputation, both locally and nationally. This reputation, and the respect that the local community holds for the school is symptomatic of the fact that they get the basics right: mutual respect and courtesy, exemplary standards across all strands of students’ work and impeccable uniform.

Wade Deacon’s latest 'Outstanding' Ofsted report from November 2022 celebrated the wonderful students, staff and the exceptional school that serves the local community. Inspectors said that students behaved ‘impeccably well’ and that they ‘respect the uniqueness of individual people.’

Wade Deacon pride themselves on the quality and diversity of the curriculum, including personal development and extracurricular provision which not only enable students to enjoy their learning but also allows them to be able to meet the many challenges that they will face in the future, understanding the wider world and their place within it.

Above all else, Wade Deacon believes that every student, regardless of their context or starting point, can and should achieve their full potential.

Wade Deacon is located in Widnes and forms part of the Wade Deacon Trust.

Executive Principal

Mr Brendan Hesketh, BA (Hons), MA