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Penketh High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Heath Road, Penketh, Warrington WA5 2BY · penkethhigh.org · 01925 722298
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2020
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Warrington 48.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,058
- 88% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.6%
- First language not English
- 14.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 180 families put the school first and 216 places were offered; 100% 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 | 216 | 180 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 220 | 200 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 218 | 208 | 1 | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 220 | 131 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 215 | 151 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.5, and 47.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Warrington it was 48.5, and across England 46.
In 2016/17 the average A level result was grade C (30.3 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ●47.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲67.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.32 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 139506)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.5 | +1.9 |
| Sixth form college | 13 | −11.7 |
| Further education | 68.9 | +12.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.7 | −0.6 |
| Employment | 3.7 | −1.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5 | −1.8 |
| Activity not captured | 3.1 | +1.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2016/17 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 students | C (30.3) | +0.17 | |
| 35 students | C (30.3) | +0.17 | |
| Applied general6 students | — | +0.58 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 62 | D+ (24.8) | -0.39 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 139506)
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2016/17 | |
|---|---|
| University | 44 |
| Further education | 3 |
| Apprenticeship | 8 |
| Employment | 36 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6 |
| Activity not captured | 3 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 139506)
Ofsted
Penketh High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 February 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in May 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 139506), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2015Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139506)
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (74 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 74
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (24%) with SEND