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The Raise Academy

Naylor Road, Widnes, WA8 0BS

YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SCHOOLS TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNot published
Attendance69.8%
Attainment–
AdmissionsNot published
Pupils60

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No grade

No Ofsted overall grade published yet for this school.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in WA8. Where we have them, council (Halton) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
60
Free school meals
75%
41.2% above district average (33.8%)

Also: Halton 58.9% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
70% above district average (30%)

Also: Halton 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
0%
6.4% below district average (6.4%)
Attendance
69.8%
24.5% below district average (94.3%)

Also: Halton 88.4% · England 87.2%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the WA8 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

70.5%

35.3% above England (35.2%)

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
64
Pupils on roll
60

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Halton page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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