Best Secondary Schools in Warrington

We checked all 15 secondary schools in Warrington and list every one: 14 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked: 15
Ranked: 14
Without a rank: 1

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Warrington. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Warrington also has 77 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Warrington.

Ranked secondary schools in Warrington

Rank 1
King's Leadership Academy Warrington
Free school, 804 pupils, inspected July 2019
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
56.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
64.7%
Rank 2
Golborne High School
Local authority maintained, 1,144 pupils, inspected January 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
50.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
45.7%
Rank 3
Bridgewater High School
Academy, 1,683 pupils, inspected October 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
51.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
57.5%
Rank 4
Culcheth High School
Local authority maintained, 1,164 pupils, inspected April 2014
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
51.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
55.3%
Rank 5
St Gregory's Catholic High School
Local authority maintained, 1,214 pupils, inspected November 2019
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
51.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
52.8%
Rank 6
Great Sankey High School
Academy, 2,051 pupils, inspected September 2017
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
50.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
48.5%
Rank 7
Penketh High School
Academy, 1,058 pupils, inspected February 2020
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
46.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
47.2%
Rank 8
Birchwood Community High School
Academy, 875 pupils, inspected December 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good
Attainment 8
47.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
42.9%
Rank 9
Lowton Church of England High School
Local authority maintained, 814 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
47.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
38.6%
Rank 10
Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School
Academy, 879 pupils, inspected February 2026
Report card: Expected standard
Attainment 8
46.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
41.3%
Rank 11
Beamont Collegiate Academy
Academy, 890 pupils, inspected June 2017
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
45.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
38.4%
Rank 12
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School
Local authority maintained, 808 pupils, inspected November 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
41.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
22.6%
Rank 13
Padgate Academy
Academy, 661 pupils, inspected May 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
39.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
29.5%
Rank 14
Aldridge UTC Warrington
Free school, 278 pupils, inspected November 2024
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
Attainment 8
23.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
14.1%

Secondary schools in Warrington without a rank

Green Meadow Independent Primary School
Independent, 9 pupils, inspected November 2024
Ofsted: Good