Aldridge UTC Warrington
University technical college · sixth form · 278 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 23.0
Voluntary aided school
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School
- Pupils on roll
- 808of 825 places
- Free school meals
- 32.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 164
- Ofsted
- Good, 15 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School has no sixth form. Of the 162 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 43% moved to a sixth form college, 38% to a further education college and 6% 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%.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.9 against 46.1 across England and 48.5 in Warrington, with 23% 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 | 162 | 2,547 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 43% | 42% | 13% |
| — further education college | 38% | 32% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.9 | 48.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 69% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 51% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.66 | 4.34 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.3 | 35.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.6 | 52.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 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 | 161 | 98% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 69% |
| English Language | 161 | 98% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 59% |
| English Literature | 160 | 98% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 158 | 96% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 40% |
| Religious Studies | 158 | 96% | 31% | 25% | 32% | 64% |
| Geography | 107 | 65% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 47% |
| History | 59 | 36% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 27% |
| Business Studies | 56 | 34% | 18% | 27% | 20% | 71% |
| Fine Art | 48 | 29% | 9% | 6% | 28% | 77% |
| German | 41 | 25% | 5% | 15% | 33% | 76% |
| French | 27 | 16% | 18% | 26% | 29% | 63% |
| Polish | 15 | 9% | 1% | 73% | 84% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 9% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 57% |
| Chinese | 8 | 5% | 1% | 100% | 75% | 100% |
| Physics | 3 | 2% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
| Chemistry | 3 | 2% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| Biology | 3 | 2% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 31 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 17 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 14 | — | — |
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
Culcheth High School
Community school · 1,164 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.1
Great Sankey High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,051 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.5
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.