St Gregory's Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.547 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Gregory's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Warrington for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2024. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Gregory's Catholic 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 | 0.547 mi |
| 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
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.547 miles away, the shortest of 8 Warrington secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, with sharp swings between some years.
- There were 314 first-choice applications for 240 offers for Year 7 in 2026; 231 offers went to first-choice families, and 83 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 53% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Warrington.
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
- Cromwell Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 1HG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 1,214 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this school.”
- “They value the strong relationships that they have with their teachers.”
- “Pupils, including those who attend the specially resourced provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) (specially resourced provision), are well supported.”
To improve
- “Nonetheless, from time to time, in a small number of subjects, some teachers’ choice of learning activities does not enable pupils to grasp the subject content securely and meaningfully.”
- “This prevents a small number of pupils from achieving as well as they should.”
- “However, at times, some teachers do not adapt the teaching activities well enough to meet the needs of these pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2024 (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) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51 | 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: 314 first-preference applications, 240 offers in total, 231 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.
- Aldridge UTC Warrington 1.1 mi Not judged
- Penketh High School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Great Sankey High School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beamont Collegiate Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic High School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bridgewater High School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Padgate Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published