Cardinal Newman Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.894 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School is a secondary school in Warrington for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2022. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Cardinal Newman 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 | 2.894 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
- For Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.894 miles away, 3rd longest of the 8 Warrington secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 104 first-choice applications for 142 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the lowest of 12 Warrington secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 38 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 23% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest 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
- Bridgewater Avenue, Latchford, Warrington, WA4 1RX
- 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
- 808 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this happy and welcoming school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and achievement.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), rise well to these expectations.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, from time to time, teachers do not use assessment strategies as effectively.”
- “They do not pinpoint the gaps in pupils’ knowledge or adapt how they deliver next steps in pupils’ learning.”
- “This means that there are times when some pupils do not learn aspects of curriculums as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 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) | 23% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.9 | 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: 104 first-preference applications, 142 offers in total, 104 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.
- Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King's Leadership Academy Warrington 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Padgate Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Aldridge UTC Warrington 1.6 mi Not judged
- Beamont Collegiate Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bridgewater High School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Birchwood Community High School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic High School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published