King's Leadership Academy Warrington
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Warrington
Hillock Lane, Warrington, WA1 4PF
81
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
77%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.9%
8.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
804
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
840 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
77%
1st preference success rate
162 of 211 families who put it first got an offer
164
Places offered
373
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 211 | 162 | ● 77% |
| 2nd preference | 83 | 2 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 79 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 373 | 164 | 44% |
1st preference success by year
Warrington lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (1 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Umar Hussain
- Address
- Hillock Lane, Woolston, Warrington, WA1 4PF
- Phone
- 01925817939
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Ward / constituency
- Rixton and Woolston · Warrington North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138562
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 13% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE GREAT SCHOOLS TRUST
804 pupils · 840 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
26 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 821 pupils
Attendance
95.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
8.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.2%
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 | 56.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.50 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 63% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 90% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.33 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 56 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 64.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 88% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 96.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.28 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 150 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 24.49 | 35 |
| Average grade | D+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 0% | 17% |
| A-level students | 26 | — |
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 | 150 | 28% | 69% | 90% | |
| English Language | 150 | 29% | 71% | 87% | |
| English Literature | 150 | 27% | 69% | 86% | |
| Spanish | 145 | 16% | 45% | 61% | |
| Combined Science | 123 | 20% | 59% | 78% | |
| History | 96 | 34% | 70% | 78% | |
| Geography | 67 | 24% | 64% | 79% | |
| Art and Design | 45 | 27% | 78% | 91% | |
| Biology | 27 | 52% | 85% | 100% | |
| Physics | 27 | 59% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 27 | 56% | 89% | 100% | |
| Dance | 13 | 38% | 85% | 92% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
Loading prices…
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.