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Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 879Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 144799URN

Grammar School Road, Latchford, Warrington, WA4 1JL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.9 above Warrington median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Warrington

490 applications for 175 places · 1st of 12 in Warrington
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.3of 90
7th of 13 in Warrington
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 February 2026Published 26 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 3 February 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 5 October 2021
    Graded inspection: 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 entry
2.8applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Warrington median (1.9) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

490 applications · 175 places offered · 199 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.8; Warrington median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.7; Warrington median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.2; Warrington median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.2; Warrington median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.7; Warrington median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.9; Warrington median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.0; Warrington median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.6; Warrington median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.9; Warrington median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.9; Warrington median median 2.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.4; Warrington median median 2.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.5; Warrington median median 2.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.5; Warrington median median 2.3; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Warrington median

Dashed bars: as Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School (URN 133672), Sir Thomas Boteler High School (URN 111445), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261754902.81991.14
Sep 20251754692.71901.09
Sep 20241753842.21550.89
Sep 20231653692.21570.95
Sep 20221652771.71380.84
Sep 20211402701.91160.83
Sep 20201422862.01160.82
Sep 20191562511.61050.67
Sep 20181332541.9970.73
Sep 2017 *1212241.9800.66
Sep 2016 *1052532.4780.74
Sep 2015 *1182942.5930.79
Sep 2014 *1273202.51110.87

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

170 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.37th of 13 in Warrington
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%9th of 13 in Warrington
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • Warrington median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.24
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17046.345%59%–
2024/2516746.141%62%–
2023/2414841.530%54%−0.24
2022/2312939.829%54%−0.28

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

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
144799 · 877/4007
Trust
The Challenge Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
825 pupils · 879 on roll
Free school meals
40.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 June 2017
Replaced
Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School (URN 133672); Sir Thomas Boteler High School (URN 111445)
Address
Grammar School Road, Latchford, Warrington, WA4 1JL
Local authority
Warrington

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources