King's Leadership Academy Warrington
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.171 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
King's Leadership Academy Warrington is a secondary school in Warrington for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
King's Leadership Academy Warrington 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 | 1.171 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 2026 Year 7 entry, the last child offered a place lived 1.171 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 8 Warrington secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2023, and was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- 226 first-choice applications for 165 offers in 2026 Year 7 entry: 164 offers went to first-choice families and 62 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Of 9 schools (this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Warrington), 65% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25, the highest.
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
- Hillock Lane, Woolston, Warrington, WA1 4PF
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 804 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are empowered to make the right decisions about their behaviour.”
- “Corridors are silent, save for polite greetings to staff.”
- “Pupils move about the building with purpose.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 April 2025 (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) | 65% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 56 | 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: 226 first-preference applications, 165 offers in total, 164 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.
- Padgate Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Birchwood Community High School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic High School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beamont Collegiate Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aldridge UTC Warrington 2.4 mi Not judged
- Bridgewater High School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic High School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published