Fox Wood Special SchoolBirchwood School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Warrington.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Fox Wood Special School and Birchwood School.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Fox Wood Special School was judged strong and Birchwood School was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Fox Wood Special School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Fox Wood Special School versus Birchwood School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	WarringtonFox Wood Special School	Birchwood School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: StrongStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	4-19	5-19
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	174	35
Capacity	78	80
Location	Warrington, WA1 4LS	WA3 7PW
GCSE results
Cohort	5	2
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	138	38
Free school meals (ever 6)	50.4%	0.0%
English as an additional language	14.5%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	9.6%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	25.4%	Not reported	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.