Lowton Church of England High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Warrington, WA3 1DU
- Distance
- 2.8km away
Golborne High School
Lowton Road, Golborne, Warrington, WA3 3EL
Local ranking2nd of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1075
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 11 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 227
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1147
- Boys
- 610 (53%)
- Girls
- 534 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1075 (106% full)
- SEND
- 14.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.8%
- EAL
- 9.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,331/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.8%
- Asian Chinese: 5.9%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
84.8%
White British
5.9%
Asian Chinese
2.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Lowton Road
Warrington, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106525
- UKPRN
- 10015405
- Establishment No.
- 4022
- Trust
- The Golborne and Lowton Co-operative Learning Partnership Trust
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