Secondary schools in Warrington
Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.
Warrington has 13 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 2,547 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 87% stayed in education (England 86%): 12% in a school sixth form, 42% at a sixth form college, 32% at a further education college.
3% started an apprenticeship, close to the England rate of 3%.
After sixth form, 32% of students in Warrington went to university (England 37%), and 12% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).
GCSE results in 2025: Attainment 8 of 48.5 against 46.1 for England; 48% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%).
After Year 11: Warrington against England
| Measure | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 2,547 | 607,348 |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 42% | 13% |
| — further education college | 32% | 37% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% |
Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went
One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.
Map of secondary schools in Warrington
Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.
State-funded secondary schools (13)
Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldridge UTC WarringtonUniversity technical college · sixth form | 278 | 69% | 25% | 34% | 4% | 22% | 23.0 | 14% |
| Beamont Collegiate AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 890 | 79% | 3% | 44% | 5% | — | 45.8 | 38% |
| Birchwood Community High SchoolAcademy converter | 875 | 82% | 1% | 41% | 4% | — | 47.9 | 43% |
| Bridgewater High SchoolAcademy converter | 1,683 | 93% | 3% | 7% | 1% | — | 51.8 | 58% |
| Cardinal Newman Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | 808 | 82% | 1% | 38% | 6% | — | 41.9 | 23% |
| Culcheth High SchoolCommunity school | 1,164 | 89% | 4% | 25% | 2% | — | 51.1 | 55% |
| Great Sankey High SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 2,051 | 91% | 25% | 39% | 3% | 47% | 50.5 | 49% |
| King's Leadership Academy WarringtonFree schools | 804 | 82% | 2% | 17% | 8% | — | 56.0 | 65% |
| Lymm High SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,937 | 95% | 54% | 15% | 1% | 64% | 59.7 | 69% |
| Padgate AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 661 | 80% | 1% | 52% | 1% | — | 39.4 | 30% |
| Penketh High SchoolAcademy converter | 1,058 | 89% | 1% | 53% | 2% | — | 46.5 | 47% |
| Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 879 | 82% | 0% | 42% | 1% | — | 46.1 | 41% |
| St Gregory's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | 1,214 | 94% | 1% | 49% | 3% | — | 51.0 | 53% |
Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (6)
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrington and Vale Royal Collegecollege · Further education | — | — | — | — | — | 9% | — | — |
| Priestley Collegesixth form · Academy 16-19 converter · sixth form | 0 | — | — | — | — | 42% | — | — |
| Chaigeley Schoolspecial · Non-maintained special school | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | 6.3 | 8% |
| Fox Wood Special Schoolspecial · Community special school · sixth form | 174 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Green Lane Community Special Schoolspecial · Community special school | 229 | 90% | 0% | 43% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Woolston Brook Schoolspecial · Community special school | 73 | 27% | 0% | 20% | 0% | — | 10.1 | 0% |