Schools in Warrington
School admissions in Warrington: application deadlines, offer days and all 92 schools (69 state primary schools, 13 state secondary schools, 1 sixth form college, 3 special schools and 5 independent schools) with Ofsted inspections and results.
Admissions dates
You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in another council area. The closing dates and offer days are set nationally.
| Starting | Apply by | Offers sent |
|---|---|---|
| Secondary school (Year 7) | 31 October | 1 March |
| Primary school (Reception) | 15 January | 16 April |
If an offer day falls on a weekend or bank holiday, offers go out on the next working day. Check Warrington's website for local arrangements and in-year applications.
Towns
Latest Ofsted reports in Warrington
| School | Report card | Published |
|---|---|---|
| The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School Community school · Warrington | 4 strong, 3 expected Inspected 9 June 2026 | 15 July 2026 |
| Fox Wood Special School Special school · Warrington | 2 exceptional, 6 strong Inspected 19 May 2026 · Before: Good (2021) | 5 July 2026 |
| Chapelford Village Primary School Academy · Warrington | 4 strong, 3 expected Inspected 31 March 2026 | 2 July 2026 |
| Westbrook Old Hall Primary School Academy · Warrington | 7 needs attention Inspected 12 May 2026 | 28 June 2026 |
| Sir Thomas Boteler CofE High School Academy · Warrington | 6 expected Inspected 3 February 2026 · Before: Good (2021) | 26 April 2026 |
| St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Warrington | 1 strong, 6 expected Inspected 20 January 2026 | 12 March 2026 |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Warrington | 7 expected Inspected 10 December 2025 | 28 January 2026 |
| Great Sankey Primary School Academy · Warrington | 7 strong Inspected 25 November 2025 | 26 January 2026 |
| Park Road Community Primary School Academy · Warrington | 4 strong, 3 expected Inspected 25 November 2025 | 22 January 2026 |
Ofsted report cards published in the year to 31 August 2026. Latest reports across England.
Primary schools (69) · Secondary schools (13) · Sixth form colleges (1) · Special schools (3) · Independent schools (5) · Alternative provision (1)
Primary schools
69 schools.
- Alderman Bolton Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016, before conversion), confirmed 2022 · 75% met expected standard (KS2)
- Appleton Thorn Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- Barrow Hall Community Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- Beamont Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 78% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bewsey Lodge Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2021, before conversion) · 64% met expected standard (KS2)
- Birchwood CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2020), confirmed 2025 · 59% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bradshaw Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion) · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- Brook Acre Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017, before conversion), confirmed 2022 · 54% met expected standard (KS2)
- Broomfields Junior School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bruche Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 97% met expected standard (KS2)
- Burtonwood Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 81% met expected standard (KS2)
- Callands Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024, before conversion) · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
- Chapelford Village Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 4 strong, 3 expected · 85% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cherry Tree School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 75% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cinnamon Brow CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2021, before conversion) · 69% met expected standard (KS2)
- Croft Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2015, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 73% met expected standard (KS2)
- Culcheth Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2012, before conversion), confirmed, may be improving 2023 · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- Dallam Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 90% met expected standard (KS2)
- Glazebury CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 89% met expected standard (KS2)
- Gorse Covert Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 87% met expected standard (KS2)
- Grappenhall St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Great Sankey Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 7 strong · 78% met expected standard (KS2)
- Latchford St James CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 52% met expected standard (KS2)
- Locking Stumps Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017, before conversion), confirmed 2022 · 56% met expected standard (KS2)
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2015, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 26% met expected standard (KS2)
- Newchurch Community Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 47% met expected standard (KS2)
- Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- Oughtrington Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022, before conversion) · 52% met expected standard (KS2)
- Park Road Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 4 strong, 3 expected · 81% met expected standard (KS2)
- Penketh Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 81% met expected standard (KS2)
- Penketh South Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017, before conversion), confirmed 2022 · 52% met expected standard (KS2)
- Ravenbank Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 42% met expected standard (KS2)
- Sankey Valley St James CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2011), confirmed 2021 · 75% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 48% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 7 expected · 53% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2022 · 66% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Bridget's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Elphin's CofE Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Helen's CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017, before conversion), confirmed 2022 · 86% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2016), confirmed 2025 · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Lewis Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023 · 40% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 66% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Monica's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 61% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025, before conversion) · 85% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Thomas' CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025, before conversion) · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
- Statham Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 90% met expected standard (KS2)
- Stockton Heath Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024 · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 4 strong, 3 expected
- Thelwall Community Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024 · 64% met expected standard (KS2)
- Thelwall Infant School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- Twiss Green Community Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Warrington St Ann's CofE Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024, before conversion) · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- Westbrook Old Hall Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 needs attention · 44% met expected standard (KS2)
- Winwick CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023 · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
- Woolston CofE Aided Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 82% met expected standard (KS2)
- Woolston Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2015, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
Secondary schools
13 schools.
- Aldridge UTC Warrington University technical college · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 14% grade 5+ English and maths
- Beamont Collegiate Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2022 · 38% grade 5+ English and maths
- Birchwood Community High School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 43% grade 5+ English and maths
- Bridgewater High School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 58% grade 5+ English and maths
- Cardinal Newman Catholic High School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 23% grade 5+ English and maths
- Culcheth High School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2022 · 55% grade 5+ English and maths
- Great Sankey High School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2023 · 49% grade 5+ English and maths
- King's Leadership Academy Warrington Free school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2025 · 65% grade 5+ English and maths
- Lymm High School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 69% grade 5+ English and maths
- Padgate Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 30% grade 5+ English and maths
- Penketh High School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2020), confirmed 2025 · 47% grade 5+ English and maths
- Sir Thomas Boteler CofE High School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 expected · 41% grade 5+ English and maths
- St Gregory's Catholic High School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 53% grade 5+ English and maths
Sixth form colleges
1 school.
- Priestley College Academy · Ofsted: Not yet inspected · C average A level grade
Special schools
3 schools.
- Fox Wood Special School Special school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 2 exceptional, 6 strong
- Green Lane Community Special School Special school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2015), confirmed 2025
- Woolston Brook School Special school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 0% grade 5+ English and maths
Independent schools
5 schools.
- Birchwood School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2025)
- Chaigeley School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2024
- Infinite Schools - Warrington Independent · Ofsted: No graded inspection
- The Empower Academy Independent
- Willow Tree Park Independent · Ofsted: Good (2025)
Alternative provision
1 school.
- Kassia Academy and Support Services Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024)
Page updated 26 September 2026.