Our students achieve much more than just academic success at Helsby High School. Some students achieve highly in sport or the Arts, some take on challenging leadership roles and some support others in close and lasting friendships, these are all achievements worthy of celebration.
We are lucky to also be able to celebrate the excellent academic successes of our students.
Year 11 2025 Headline Data
KS4 students performed strongly across all areas of the school’s curriculum in 2025, with over three quarters of all students achieving a Grade 4 or above in English and in Maths. Equally impressive was performance at higher grades, with over half of the year group achieving a ‘strong’ GCSE pass of Grade 5 or above in both key subject areas.
Natalie Witcher, their Year Leader over the last 12 months, commented: “We couldn’t be more proud of our Year 11 students and their achievements. We now wish this fantastic group of young people all the very best for the future as they move on to their exciting next steps and we are really looking forward to having the pleasure of continuing to work with many of them in our Sixth Form.”
Headteacher Martin Hill said: “Year 11 students first joined the school in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, and so couldn’t have had a more difficult start to secondary school life. Hence to see them 5 years later achieve so well in their examinations is particularly special. They have done so as a result of their own determination and support for each other, and also the support of their families and staff at the school. Well done to all involved – and especially to the students themselves, who thoroughly deserve their every success.”
Amongst the many Helsby High students celebrating today were the following, who impressively achieved the very highest possible Grade 9 in more than one of the GCSE subjects they studied: Alexa Cardus; Eleanor Ellis; Izzy Garner; Alexander Hampson; Bethany Hardy; Dylan Howe; Emily Longden; Hadi Needham; Jack Rhodes; Benjamin Wickham; Owen Williams; Finn Williamson; Lilly Wilson and Eloisa Wiseman.
Year 13 2024 Headline data
Delighted Director of Sixth Form, Tor Cross commented: “We are so proud of everything that our students have done, achieved and experienced over the last two years and to now receive such wonderful results in their exams is a very well-deserved reward for their all their hard work and commitment. As a cohort they have met their challenging targets and it was brilliant to see students securing their first-choice next steps in their lives this morning. We really do wish each and every one of them all the very best as they now move on to university, apprenticeships or employment.”
Headteacher, Martin Hill said: “The results achieved by the ‘Class of 2024’ are amongst the school’s best-ever, with top grades (A* and A) making up nearly a third of all grades and well over half of all grades at B or above, which is really impressive and above national average. Students achieved well across all 30 of the A-Level and Vocational qualifications they studied and a significant number secured top grades in all of their subjects. The students fully deserve their success and we wish them all well as they now move on from our Sixth Form to their chosen destinations.”
Amongst the many students celebrating at Helsby this morning were the following, who achieved the top grades in all of their Sixth Form subjects: Emily Anderson (Biology, Chemistry, French and History); Lucy Clift (Criminology and Health & Social Care); Millie Glancey (Biology, Chemistry and Maths); Lily Nicholson (French, Maths and Psychology); James Rogers (Art, History and Maths) and Heather Salmon (Biology, Chemistry and Maths).
