Aldridge UTC Warrington
University technical college · sixth form · 278 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 23.0
Voluntary aided school
St Gregory's Catholic High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,214of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 235
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 4 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
St Gregory's Catholic High School has no sixth form. Of the 233 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 43% moved to a sixth form college, 49% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 43% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 96% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.0 against 46.1 across England and 48.5 in Warrington, with 53% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Warrington and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 233 | 2,547 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 43% | 42% | 13% |
| — further education college | 49% | 32% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | — | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.0 | 48.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 69% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 48% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.59 | 4.34 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.8 | 35.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.5 | 52.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 27% | 14% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 235 | 100% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 78% |
| English Language | 235 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 72% |
| English Literature | 233 | 99% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 77% |
| Religious Studies | 225 | 96% | 31% | 26% | 32% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 184 | 78% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 58% |
| Geography | 151 | 64% | 41% | 30% | 25% | 72% |
| History | 92 | 39% | 41% | 28% | 26% | 64% |
| Spanish | 75 | 32% | 19% | 45% | 27% | 91% |
| Business Studies | 51 | 22% | 18% | 24% | 20% | 71% |
| Chemistry | 49 | 21% | 23% | 57% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 49 | 21% | 23% | 45% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 49 | 21% | 23% | 39% | 46% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 34 | 14% | 7% | 29% | 24% | 85% |
| French | 28 | 12% | 18% | 43% | 29% | 82% |
| Drama | 25 | 11% | 7% | 20% | 27% | 80% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 8% | 13% | 32% | 30% | 79% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 8% | 11% | 32% | 23% | 68% |
| Polish | 17 | 7% | 1% | 76% | 84% | 100% |
| Music | 16 | 7% | 5% | 25% | 33% | 75% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 16 | 7% | 8% | 38% | 21% | 75% |
| Chinese | 6 | 3% | 1% | 100% | 75% | 100% |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 47 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 26 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 13 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Warrington
Beamont Collegiate Academy
Academy sponsor led · 890 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Birchwood Community High School
Academy converter · 875 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.9
Bridgewater High School
Academy converter · 1,683 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.8
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · 808 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9
Culcheth High School
Community school · 1,164 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.1
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.