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King's Leadership Academy Warrington
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Free school
Hillock Lane, Woolston, Warrington WA1 4PF · kingswarrington.com · 01925 817939
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 56
- average Attainment 8 score. Warrington 48.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 804
- 96% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 13.1%
- First language not English
- 20.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 226 families put the school first and 165 places were offered; 73% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 165 | 226 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 164 | 211 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 165 | 219 | 1.3▲ | 75% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 165 | 223 | 1.4▲ | 74% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 159 | 240 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 56, and 64.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Warrington it was 48.5, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade D+ (24.5 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲56 | 46 | ||
| ▲64.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲88.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲96.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.28 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.1 | +1.3 |
| Sixth form college | 52.4 | −21.6 |
| Further education | 32.9 | +12.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.2 | +3.4 |
| Employment | 2.1 | +0.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.5 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.8 | — |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
| 2018/19 | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| A level | 26 | D+ (24.5) | Average -0.17 |
| All academic | 26 | D+ (24.9) | Average -0.16 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2018/19 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 34 | −20 |
| Other education | 28 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 10 | −9 |
| Employment | 24 | +5 |
| Activity not captured | 3 | −1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for King's Leadership Academy Warrington was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (105 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 105
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (24%) with SEND