Secondary · WA3 · Warrington

Culcheth High School

Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 5HH

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance96%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.15
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils1164

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in WA3. Where we have them, council (Warrington) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1164
Free school meals
19.8%
0.9% below district average (20.7%)

Also: Warrington 21.9% · England 25.8%

SEN
15.8%
0.4% below district average (16.2%)

Also: Warrington 18% · England 16.5%

EAL
2.4%
6.1% below district average (8.5%)
Attendance
96%
0.4% below district average (96.4%)

Also: Warrington 92.7% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
7.7%
Progress 8
-0.15 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
51.1
Grade 5+ English & maths
55.3%
Grade 4+ English & maths
74.1%
Entered for EBacc
33.8%
EBacc average point score
4.52

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the WA3 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196.2%
  • 2021/2291.2%
  • 2022/2392.5%
  • 2023/2491.4%
  • 2024/2591.6%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
1240
Pupils on roll
1164

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Warrington page.

SEN support

SEN %
15.8%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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