Culcheth High School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Warrington
Warrington Road, Warrington, WA3 5HH
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
92%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.0%
24.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,164
Capacity used
Nearly full94%
1,240 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
92%
1st preference success rate
231 of 251 families who put it first got an offer
238
Places offered
453
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 251 | 231 | ● 92% |
| 2nd preference | 123 | 7 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 77 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences | 2 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 453 | 238 | 53% |
1st preference success by year
Warrington lets families list 3 preferences. 205 applications came from outside the council area (59 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Christopher Hunt
- Address
- Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 5HH
- Phone
- 01925767587
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Ward / constituency
- Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft · Warrington North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 111430
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 20% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,164 pupils · 1,240 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
16 November 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,189 pupils
Attendance
91.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.15 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 51% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 71% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.28 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 55.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 74.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 33.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.52 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 228 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 228 | 22% | 60% | 77% | |
| English Language | 227 | 25% | 63% | 77% | |
| English Literature | 225 | 29% | 61% | 75% | |
| Combined Science | 165 | 5% | 39% | 66% | |
| History | 145 | 24% | 59% | 70% | |
| Geography | 118 | 37% | 61% | 72% | |
| Business | 102 | 10% | 52% | 65% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 93 | 24% | 74% | 87% | |
| Art and Design | 66 | 24% | 67% | 85% | |
| Biology | 60 | 42% | 95% | 98% | |
| Physics | 60 | 57% | 97% | 98% | |
| Chemistry | 60 | 43% | 95% | 98% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Warrington council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.