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Birchwood Community High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy

Brock Road, Birchwood, Warrington WA3 7PT · birchwoodhigh.org · 01925 853500

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
47.9
average Attainment 8 score. Warrington 48.5, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
875
83% of 1,050 places
Local authority
Warrington
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
41.9%
First language not English
12.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
One Community Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 168 families put the school first and 180 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 160 (Places 185)160September 2023: 177 (Places 210)177September 2024: 144 (Places 165)144September 2025: 116 (Places 134)116September 2026: 168 (Places 180)168Places 180
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261801680.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251341160.9100%
September 2024Sept 20241651440.9100%
September 2023Sept 20232101770.8100%
September 2022Sept 20221851600.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.9, and 42.9% 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 C- (25.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 43.2 (England 46.3)43.22017/18: 43.9 (England 46.5)43.92018/19: 46.1 (England 46.7)46.12021/22: 43.0 (England 48.8)43.02022/23: 43.8 (England 46.3)43.82023/24: 42.9 (England 45.9)42.92024/25: 47.9 (England 46.0)47.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●47.946.0
▼42.9%45.4%
▲70.1%64.8%
▲50.6%40.5%
▲4.354.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form1.2−11.7
Sixth form college39.8−1.5
Further education39.8+13.3
Other education1.9—
Apprenticeship3.7−1.5
Employment5−0.8
Not in a lasting destination6.2−0.3
Activity not captured2.5+0.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 20.1 (England 30.5)D2016/17: 21.4 (England 31.1)D2017/18: 21.8 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 25.2 (England 32.9)C-England 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
44 studentsC- (25.2)Well below average -0.59
45 studentsC- (25.4)Well below average -0.58
Applied general15 studentsDist- (31.9)Average -0.01
0%AAB or better
82.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1844D+ (21.8)-0.59
2016/1750D (21.4)-0.57
2015/1654D (20.1)-0.34

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/23
Left in 2022/23Since 2021/22
University26.5−1.4
Further education4.1+1.8
Apprenticeship16.3+7
Employment38.8−5.4
Not in a lasting destination12.2−4.1
Activity not captured2—

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Birchwood Community High School on 10 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
10 Dec 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2018

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2018Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • May 2016Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • May 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
79%
Replies
56
6% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼73% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼79% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●83% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼79% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼80% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼53% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼64% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●93% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼68% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼70% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 84% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲78% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 32% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼36% agreeEngland 67%

based on 17 parents (30%) with SEND

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