Chaigeley School

Non-maintained special school · Mixed · ages 8–16 · no sixth formWarrington, Warrington WA4school website

A special school in Warrington for ages 8–16: the cohort is too small to report, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
Standards kept
Places
—
Pupils
54
Free school meals
94.4%

Ofsted: Short inspection, 24 January 2024: the last full grade still stands · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Warrington’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 75 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

6.3Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school6.3
Warrington48.5
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 12 pupils in Year 11

8% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Warrington 48%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureChaigeley SchoolWarringtonEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)6.348.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths8%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths8%69%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%46%41%
EBacc average point score0.494.344.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort—22%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils—35.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils—52.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language—14%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

41.87%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Language & Communication29%
Mathematics & Statistics27%
Green & Sustainability18%
Health & Safety18%
Natural Sciences17%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects5

Entries 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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics14100%88%0%22%14%
English Language13100%89%0%20%0%
Combined Science650%65%0%9%0%
English Literature433%86%—21%—
Art and Design217%7%—24%—
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication45%
Mathematics & Statistics35%
Natural Sciences33%
Green & Sustainability33%
Health & Safety32%
Transversal Skills23%
Engineering & Manufacturing22%
Digital & ICT Skills15%
Arts & Humanities14%
Law & Public Administration7%
Social & Cultural Skills5%
Business & Administration3%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 16.0percentage 10.3ratio 9.0vocabulary 8.0gradient 7.7power 7.3root 7.0equation 7.0translation 7.0audience 6.3grammar 6.3particle model 6.0formulae 6.0reflection 6.0area 5.3standard form 5.0linear functions 5.0direct proportion 5.0inverse proportion 5.0volume 5.0congruence 5.0pythagoras' theorem 5.0change of state 4.7estimation 4.3

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, percentage, area from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 5 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, graph, conservation of mass from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 3 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, unit conversion from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
More apprenticeships9
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses probability, sampling technique, experimental design from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses climate change, data collection, conduct field work from Biology, Chemistry, Computing and 2 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, volume, unit conversion from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: battery test technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses integer, mean, multiple sources from English Language, Mathematics, Computing and 1 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, volume, unit conversion from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATDLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses scale, data collection, computer systems from Art and Design, Chemistry, Physics and 4 more · jobs: 3D modeller, technical director, animation layout artist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, formulae, si unit from Biology, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more
Bulk storage terminal technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses density, volume, graph from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 1 more
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with Warrington, not by distance.

  1. Any timeAsk Warrington’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
Warrington

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.