Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Warrington
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 5 March 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 7 December 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry656 applications · 309 places offered · 363 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Warrington median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; Warrington median median 2.1
- 2024 2.0; Warrington median median 2.0
- 2023 1.9; Warrington median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; Warrington median median 2.0
- 2021 2.1; Warrington median median 2.0
- 2020 2.2; Warrington median median 2.0
- 2019 2.2; Warrington median median 2.1
- 2018 2.2; Warrington median median 2.1
- 2017 2.5; Warrington median median 2.1
- 2016 2.5; Warrington median median 2.3
- 2015 2.5; Warrington median median 2.3
- 2014 2.5; Warrington median median 2.3
- This school
- Warrington median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 309 | 656 | 2.1 | 363 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2025 | 295 | 604 | 2.1 | 315 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 299 | 605 | 2.0 | 324 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2023 | 297 | 555 | 1.9 | 313 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 297 | 649 | 2.2 | 359 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2021 | 297 | 627 | 2.1 | 304 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 300 | 661 | 2.2 | 345 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2019 | 315 | 692 | 2.2 | 359 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2018 | 317 | 681 | 2.2 | 347 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2017 | 306 | 767 | 2.5 | 338 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 | 299 | 738 | 2.5 | 330 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2015 | 297 | 739 | 2.5 | 266 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 | 297 | 742 | 2.5 | 286 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 306 | 58.5 | 71% | 83% | – |
| 2024/25 | 302 | 59.7 | 69% | 87% | – |
| 2023/24 | 316 | 60.1 | 72% | 89% | +0.71 |
| 2022/23 | 305 | 57.9 | 63% | 84% | +0.60 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lymm High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.1applications per place 58.5Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · TraffordRequires improvement20241.1applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · WarringtonStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 55.4Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · WarringtonGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · TraffordOutstanding20222.1applications per place 77.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.6 km · SalfordGood20241.2applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · TraffordOutstanding20222.8applications per place 75.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.9 km · WarringtonGood20221.9applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · TraffordStandards maintained20246.0applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138732 · 877/4502
- Trust
- Lymm High School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,909 pupils · 1,937 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Lymm High Voluntary Controlled School (URN 111448)
- Address
- Oughtrington Lane, Lymm, WA13 0RB
- Local authority
- Warrington
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources