Padgate Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Warrington, WA2 0LN
- Distance
- 1.7km away
King's Leadership Academy Warrington
Hillock Lane, Woolston, Warrington, WA1 4PF
Local ranking1st of 13 secondary schools in Warrington
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
840
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 26 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 62.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 83.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 150
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2021-22
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Higher education
- 34.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 16-18 Cohort
- 1
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 808
- Boys
- 424 (53%)
- Girls
- 380 (47%)
- Capacity
- 840 (96% full)
- SEND
- 17.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.0%
- EAL
- 17.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 15.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,281/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
- 4.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- 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: 77.8%
- Asian Chinese: 11.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.5%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
77.8%
White British
11.5%
Asian Chinese
2.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hillock Lane
Warrington, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138562
- UKPRN
- 10038468
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- THE GREAT SCHOOLS TRUST
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