Culcheth High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Warrington Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Culcheth High School is a secondary school in Warrington for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2022. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Culcheth High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 3 earlier years.
- The 2026 Year 7 entry had 190 first-choice applications for 198 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 2026, 153 of the 374 applications (41%) came from families living outside Warrington, and 53 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 51.1 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warrington schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 5HH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 1,164 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this inclusive community.”
- “Pupils live up to these values by working hard and respecting each other’s differences.”
- “They enjoy good, honest relationships with senior staff and teachers.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers are not checking effectively that pupils are making connections between their current learning and topics they have learned previously.”
- “As a result, this prevents some pupils from learning more and remembering more in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 190 first-preference applications, 198 offers in total, 190 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Warrington.
- Birchwood Community High School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Padgate Academy 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- King's Leadership Academy Warrington 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Beamont Collegiate Academy 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic High School 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Aldridge UTC Warrington 5.3 mi Not judged
- Lymm High School 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published