News Archive
Celebrating Our Amazing Year 7 Art Club!
Celebrating Our Amazing Year 7 Art Club! This year, our Year 7 Art Club has been running every Tuesday—and what makes it truly special is that it’s entirely led by three incredible Year 10 students as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award! ...
2 Apr 2025
Lifesavers in the Making!
Lifesavers in the Making! This term, we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming The Red Cross into Wade Deacon to deliver essential first aid training to our incredible Year 7 & 8 Young Carers! Our pupils showed fantastic enthusiasm, focus,...
2 Apr 2025
Thank You, Dave Fanning!
Thank You, Dave Fanning! We are incredibly grateful to local author and former firefighter Dave Fanning for donating a copy of his powerful memoir, Fanning the Flames, to our library! Dave’s incredible career began in 1964 when he...
2 Apr 2025
Celebrating Fin Venables!
Celebrating Fin Venables! We are incredibly proud to have Fin Venables representing Halton as our Youth MP! On February 28th, Fin had the amazing opportunity to speak in the House of Commons, where he passionately advocated for making public...
2 Apr 2025
Wade Deacon Alumni Event - A Trip Down Memory Lane
Wade Deacon Alumni Event - A Trip Down Memory Lane On Saturday 8th February 2025 , we had the absolute privilege of welcoming almost 200 alumni members from the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s back through the doors of Wade Deacon for a truly special day....
14 Feb 2025
In memory of Kian
It is with a deep sense of sadness that we must announce the loss of one of our Year 11 students, Kian Rose, who passed away on Friday 20 th December 2024. Kian joined the Wade Deacon family in September 2020 and is described by his friends...
10 Jan 2025
Wade Deacon Trust launches consultation on admissions
Wade Deacon Trust has launched a consultation on admissions arrangements for pupils applying for school places for the academic year starting in September 2026, and beyond. The consultation documents can be accessed by clicking here . The...
11 Nov 2024
GCSE Results 2023
Wade Deacon students celebrate GCSE results Wade Deacon High School is celebrating another year of excellent results as students in the Class of 2023 received their GCSE grades. With GCSE results this year expected to fall across the country as...
24 Aug 2023
Bobby Spencer
It is with a deep sense of sadness that we must announce the loss of one of our Year 9 students, Bobby Spencer, who passed away at home on Monday 26 th June after his battle with cancer. Bobby joined the Wade Deacon family in September 2020 and was...
27 Jun 2023
Ian Phillips 1966-2023
We are saddened to announce the passing of a long-serving and talented member of staff, Ian Phillips. Ian worked at Wade Deacon High School from 1995 as a Senior Technician, mainly supporting the Design Technology and Art Departments. Ian’s...
14 Mar 2023
Wade Deacon is Outstanding!
We are delighted to be able to officially announce that Ofsted have judged Wade Deacon to be an OUTSTANDING school! The inspection, which took place on 29th and 30th November 2022 and involved a team of 6 inspectors, evaluated the school as...
20 Jan 2023
Newsletter Issue 2
Find out what's been happening at Wade Deacon in the latest edition of our newsletter!...
16 Dec 2022
Christmas Fayre is a hit!
The Wade Deacon Christmas Fayre drew in a huge crowd and raised hundreds of pounds for charity in the process. The event featured craft and food stalls from people in the local community, as well as giving visitors the chance to win brilliant...
1 Dec 2022
Newsletter
The first edition of this year's newsletter is now available. Take a look at what's been going on at Wade Deacon so far this term!...
24 Nov 2022
Anti-Bullying Week 2022
Wade Deacon is showing its support for national Anti-Bullying Week in a range of ways, including taking part in Odd Socks Day on Monday 14th November. All students and staff are encouraged to show they stand together against bullying by coming to...
10 Nov 2022
Christmas Fayre 2022
Are you a parent, grandparent, carer or a member of our community? Do you have a small business? If so, WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP! We are looking for people who run their own craft, cake, novelty stores and are willing to come to our school as part...
30 Sep 2022
Celebrating record results!
Wade Deacon students celebrate record-breaking results Year 11 students at Wade Deacon High School have plenty to celebrate following as they received their GCSE results. For the first time since 2019, students sat formal GCSE examinations in...
30 Aug 2022
The Wade Deacon Experience
School is about more than academic studies. At Wade Deacon we want students to gain experiences and memories they will remember for the rest of their lives. We offer a wide range of extra-curricular and enrichment activities and we encourage...
3 May 2022
History Trip
On the 19 th -20 th March 50 GCSE History pupils took part in a visit to Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. They were able to learn about the experiences of WW1 recruits, who were trained there, in preparation for the Battle of the Somme. They also...
9 Mar 2022
Celebrating Success
This weekend our under 16 girls travelled to Blackburn to compete in the regional finals for table tennis and I am very pleased to announce that after an 8-0 win, the girls have secured a place in the National finals. Our under 13 boys then...
9 Mar 2022
Personal Development Morning
Our recent Personal Development morning gave students in all years the opportunity to focus on key aspects of our personal development curriculum. Year 7 students learned about how to live with social media and deal with bullying. Year 8...
8 Mar 2022
Charity at Christmas
We are delighted to report that after day 2 of our Christmas Jumper days we have raised a further £381 for Save the Children. This brings our total up to £552! Along with our Children in Need bake sale, our Senior Prefects and Student Leaders have...
16 Dec 2021
Preparing for Post-16 Choices
Our Year 11 students recently had the opportunity to find out more about the pathways open to them after their time at Wade Deacon. With local colleges and training providers on hand to discuss the range of opportunities on offer, our Careers and...
11 Nov 2021
A Flying Start for Y7s
Our new Year 7 students have made a fantastic start to life at Wade Deacon. Find out more about their experience so far....
11 Nov 2021
Results Day 2021
We're so proud of all of our students. Results Day is always a shared celebration, and this year was no different. Our Year 11 Leavers 2021 should be very proud of their achievements and we wish them every success for the future!...
23 Sep 2021
Personal Development Day
Our Personal Development curriculum extends students' learning beyond the academic curriculum and helps them to learn about important and relevant issues. Find out what our students have to say about our recent activities....
23 Sep 2021
Sports Day 2021
We don't do things by halves at Wade Deacon. Sports Day is always a fantastic event. Take a look at what happened this year and hear why our students and staff look forward to it every year!...
22 Sep 2021
Team PE in UK’s Top 3
We have great news from Team PE. Wade Deacon is now officially ranked 14th out of all UK schools for sport and, of course, we are all absolutely delighted and so proud. This is an amazing achievement by staff and students and places us in the top...
21 Jan 2021
Covid-19 Test Centre Opens
Wade Deacon’s Covid-19 Testing Centre is now up and running. A great deal of time and effort has been put into this facility which, we believe, is exceptional. From Monday 11th January, we started the process of testing staff which will continue on...
13 Jan 2021
Christmas Toy Shop Open!
Parents, carers and students will be familiar with our exhibition and display area under the stairs in our school reception / foyer. We use this space all year round with the most beautiful displays created by Mrs Holland and Mr Phillips. The...
10 Dec 2020
Christmas Card Competition
Over the past few weeks, we have been running our Christmas Card Competition. This has been organised by Mr Tutty in Art & Design, supported by Miss Thomas in English. Students were tasked with creating a front cover design for the Christmas card,...
10 Dec 2020
U15 National Champions!
Our U15 Football Team have achieved the pinnacle of achievement in schools’ football by winning the English Schools' FA Cup Final for the very first time. In a thrilling encounter against a very strong Ivybridge side, Wade Deacon came through 5-3 on...
15 Oct 2020
Shortlisted for UK’s Best
We are delighted to announce that our English Faculty has been shortlisted by The Times Education Supplement as English Faculty of the Year. This is a prestigious shortlisting for the team and so well deserved. The winner will be announced at an...
5 Oct 2020
We’ve Graduated!
A massive well done to 11 of our current Year 10 & 11 students who have just graduated from The Scholars’ Programme organised by Manchester University. This is a significant achievement for our students with their successes reflecting a huge amount...
15 Sep 2020
GCSE Exam Celebrations
In a year like no other, and despite significant challenges, our students were rewarded with an outstanding and thoroughly deserved set of GCSE results. 82% of students achieved ‘The Gold Standard’ of grades 9-4 in English & Mathematics with 63% of...
9 Sep 2020
Wade Deacon in the Top 30%
Wade Deacon High School has been named in the top 30% of all schools nationally in data published by The Real Schools’ Guide. The data also re-establishes our school as the top performing school in Halton. The guide rates schools in 4 categories...
13 Jul 2020
School of Rock Spectacular
Wade Deacon Rocks in Musical Spectacular! Our students have staged one of their most successful musical productions ever with a hugely entertaining take on The Next Generation School of Rock. Playing to sell out audiences over 2 nights, the cast...
28 Jan 2020
Christmas Party Unites Generations
Christmas Party Brings Generations Together Our wonderful students and residents from Widnes Hall Care Home have enjoyed a superb Christmas Party together. Performance Leaders hosted 19 friends from Widnes Hall who were treated to an...
12 Dec 2019
100 Year Old's Birthday Wish Granted by her old School
A 100 year old has had the chance to revisit the school where she was a pupil in the 1930s. Edith Fildes lives in a care home where staff try to grant wishes to residents. She wanted to return to the classrooms of Wade Deacon High School in...
11 Jul 2019
Big Purple Coffee Morning Raises Incredible £5,000.00!
We are delighted to announce that The Big Purple Coffee Morning held in our school restaurant on Saturday 23 March raised a whopping £5000.00 for The Lilac Centre at St Helens Hospital. This is the second time that we have hosted and supported the...
6 Jun 2019
Care & Compassion for the Homeless
Care & Compassion for the Homeless The Whitechapel Centre in Liverpool will benefit this Christmas from the kindness and generosity of Widnes residents, as well as students, parents and carers from our school. In the build up to Christmas, funds...
5 Jun 2019
