Great Sankey High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Warrington, WA5 3AA
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Penketh High School
Heath Road, Penketh, Warrington, WA5 2BY
Local ranking8th of 13 secondary schools in Warrington
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 25 February 2020. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 195
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1023
- Boys
- 547 (52%)
- Girls
- 511 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (88% full)
- SEND
- 17.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.9%
- EAL
- 15.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.9%
- SEN Support
- 11.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,735/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
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 81.1%
- Asian Chinese: 6.4%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.5%
- Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
81.1%
White British
6.4%
Asian Chinese
2.6%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Heath Road
Warrington, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 145157
- UKPRN
- 10065229
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- THE CHALLENGE ACADEMY TRUST
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