Penketh High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Warrington, WA5 2BY
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Great Sankey High School
Barrow Hall Lane, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3AA
Local ranking7th of 13 secondary schools in Warrington
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
2175
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 50.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 45.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 371
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 31.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
100
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 29.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 222
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 2087
- Boys
- 1067 (51%)
- Girls
- 1020 (49%)
- Capacity
- 2175 (96% full)
- SEND
- 13.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.5%
- EAL
- 16.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 132.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,504/yr
*Financial data not available for 2024-25 — showing 2023-24
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 76.1%
- Asian Chinese: 10.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.5%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.4%
76.1%
White British
10.6%
Asian Chinese
2.5%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Barrow Hall Lane
Warrington, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 139152
- UKPRN
- 10040008
- Establishment No.
- 4206
- Trust
- OMEGA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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