Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Grangeway, Runcorn, WA7 5YH
332 pupils · 35% of 950 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Halton
- Free school meals
- 61.7%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 25 March 2025, published 8 May 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 | 33.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 19.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 45.2% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 1.4% |
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.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 59 | 57 | 111 | 58 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 44 | 43 | 93 | 44 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 101 | 49 | 105 | 51 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 67 | 44 | 109 | 49 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 52 | 42 | 90 | 44 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Heath School 1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy 2.7 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Sandymoor Ormiston Academy 4.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School 5.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Wade Deacon High School 5.7 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- Helsby High School 5.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
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.