Aldridge UTC Warrington
University technical college · sixth form · 278 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 23.0
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Beamont Collegiate Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 890of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 47.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 177
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 6 July 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: William Beamont Community High School (URN 111446, until 17 December 2012).
What the data says
Beamont Collegiate Academy has no sixth form. Of the 174 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 32% moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 63% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 32% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
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 | Beamont Collegiate Academy | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 174 | 2,547 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 32% | 42% | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 32% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Beamont Collegiate Academy | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.8 | 48.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 69% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 63% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.19 | 4.34 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.5 | 35.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.1 | 52.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 12% | 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 | 177 | 100% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 62% |
| English Language | 177 | 100% | 89% | 22% | 20% | 71% |
| English Literature | 170 | 96% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 65% |
| Combined Science | 122 | 69% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 57% |
| Spanish | 111 | 63% | 19% | 5% | 27% | 63% |
| History | 99 | 56% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 66% |
| Geography | 62 | 35% | 41% | 6% | 25% | 55% |
| Biology | 51 | 29% | 23% | 37% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 51 | 29% | 23% | 45% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 51 | 29% | 23% | 37% | 46% | 98% |
| Art and Design | 37 | 21% | 7% | 35% | 24% | 95% |
| Religious Studies | 21 | 12% | 31% | 10% | 32% | 57% |
| Textiles | 17 | 10% | 2% | 12% | 27% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 9% | 13% | 19% | 30% | 75% |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 47 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 47 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 34 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 22 | — | — |
| Interactive Video | 22 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 17 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 15 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 13 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 7 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Warrington
Birchwood Community High School
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Bridgewater High School
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Cardinal Newman Catholic High School
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Culcheth High School
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Great Sankey High School
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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.