Padgate Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.853 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Padgate Academy is a secondary school in Warrington for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 May 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Padgate Academy 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 | 1.853 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 2024/25, 30% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Warrington.
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 1.853 miles, nearer the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 121 first-choice applications for 160 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 39 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 51% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33.5% across 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
- Insall Road, Warrington, WA2 0LN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 661 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 May 2023
Strengths
- “Padgate Academy is a caring and welcoming learning environment for pupils.”
- “New arrivals to the school, including pupils who speak English as an additional language, are helped by staff to settle in quickly.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), including those who attend the specially resourced provision for pupils with SEND (specially resourced provision), are fully included in all aspects of school life.”
To improve
- “That said, from time to time, in a few subjects, teachers do not act to address some pupils’ misconceptions quickly enough.”
- “This means that some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “However, some older pupils do not receive the help that they need to become confident, fluent readers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.4 | 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: 121 first-preference applications, 160 offers in total, 121 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.
- King's Leadership Academy Warrington 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Beamont Collegiate Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birchwood Community High School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic High School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Aldridge UTC Warrington 1.8 mi Not judged
- Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic High School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bridgewater High School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published