Graded inspection · Oct 2022 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 |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry636 applications · 358 places offered · 292 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Warrington median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Warrington median median 2.1
- 2024 1.7; Warrington median median 2.0
- 2023 1.8; Warrington median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; Warrington median median 2.0
- 2021 1.7; Warrington median median 2.0
- 2020 1.8; Warrington median median 2.0
- 2019 1.9; Warrington median median 2.1
- 2018 1.9; Warrington median median 2.1
- 2017 1.9; Warrington median median 2.1
- 2016 2.0; Warrington median median 2.3
- 2015 2.2; Warrington median median 2.3
- 2014 2.1; Warrington median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Warrington median
Dashed bars: as Bridgewater High School (URN 111447), the previous school.
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 | 358 | 636 | 1.8 | 292 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 333 | 593 | 1.8 | 296 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 333 | 567 | 1.7 | 298 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 | 339 | 597 | 1.8 | 309 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 307 | 531 | 1.7 | 276 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 299 | 519 | 1.7 | 296 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 300 | 536 | 1.8 | 297 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 314 | 581 | 1.9 | 325 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 | 299 | 581 | 1.9 | 296 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 300 | 570 | 1.9 | 302 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 | 297 | 602 | 2.0 | 275 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 300 | 649 | 2.2 | 332 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2014 * | 298 | 620 | 2.1 | 308 | 1.03 |
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.) | 327 | 55.0 | 60% | 81% | – |
| 2024/25 | 327 | 51.8 | 58% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 316 | 53.5 | 61% | 81% | +0.20 |
| 2022/23 | 315 | 56.5 | 62% | 84% | +0.39 |
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
- Bridgewater High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.8applications per place 55.0Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Warrington20262.8applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · WarringtonGood20221.9applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · WarringtonGraded · no overall grade202430.3Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · WarringtonRemains Good20242.7applications per place 53.8Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · WarringtonStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 55.4Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · WarringtonRemains Good20221.8applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · WarringtonGood20231.9applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · WarringtonStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141598 · 877/4229
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,560 pupils · 1,683 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 December 2014
- Replaced
- Bridgewater High School (URN 111447)
- Address
- Broomfields Road, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 3AE
- Local authority
- Warrington
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources