Penketh High School
Secondary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Penketh High School is a secondary school in Warrington for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 21 May 2025. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Penketh 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
- Year 7 2026 had 180 first-choice applications for 216 offers (0.8 first choices per offer), the 4th lowest of 12 Warrington secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 36 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but a last distance was published in 1 of the 6 earlier years.
- 2024/25: 47% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th 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
- Heath Road, Penketh, Warrington, WA5 2BY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 1,058 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 21 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this inclusive community.”
- “They feel safe when they are in school.”
- “They know who to speak to if they are worried or upset.”
To improve
- “In 2024, some Year 11 pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, did not make the progress of which they were capable in a few subjects.”
- “However, the impact of these changes is variable in a small number of subjects.”
- “This means that gaps in pupils’ knowledge are sometimes not identified or addressed quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 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) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.5 | 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: 180 first-preference applications, 216 offers in total, 180 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.
- Great Sankey High School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic High School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aldridge UTC Warrington 2.2 mi Not judged
- Beamont Collegiate Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater High School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic High School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Padgate Academy 3.9 mi Good Last distance published