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School rankings · Warrington and Wigan and Halton and Cheshire West and Chester

Best schools in Warrington

90 schools in Warrington with the same league rank as the Warrington and Wigan and Halton and Cheshire West and Chester league tables: each school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, on the newest year's DfE results, with the best ranked schools within reach of the town centre beside them.

Primary schools

Warrington's own ranking

In WarringtonSchoolExpected standardHigher standardLeague rank
1Bruche Academy97%29%1st (1/67) in Warrington
2Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery90%24%Top 3% (2/67) in Warrington
3St Luke's CofE Primary School90%23%Top 7% (6/99) in Wigan
4Golborne Community Primary School89%11%Top 8% (7/99) in Wigan
5Glazebury Church of England Primary School89%0%Top 6% (4/67) in Warrington
6Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School87%19%Top 8% (5/67) in Warrington
7St Helen's Church of England Primary School86%21%Top 9% (6/67) in Warrington
8Chapelford Village Primary School85%28%Top 11% (7/67) in Warrington
9St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School85%19%Top 12% (8/67) in Warrington
10Daresbury Primary School85%11%Top 5% (2/49) in Halton
11Woolston CofE Aided Primary School82%15%Top 14% (9/67) in Warrington
12Burtonwood Community Primary School81%8%Top 15% (10/67) in Warrington
13Penketh Primary School81%6%Top 17% (11/67) in Warrington
14Park Road Community Primary School81%6%Top 17% (11/67) in Warrington
15Whitley Village School80%10%Top 13% (15/122) in Cheshire West and Chester
16St Peter's Catholic Primary School79%9%Top 20% (13/67) in Warrington
17Culcheth Community Primary School79%9%Top 20% (13/67) in Warrington
18Cherry Tree School79%9%Top 20% (13/67) in Warrington
19Barrow Hall Community Primary School79%3%Top 24% (16/67) in Warrington
20Great Sankey Primary School78%22%Top 26% (17/67) in Warrington
21Beamont Primary School78%7%Top 27% (18/67) in Warrington
22Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School77%13%Top 30% (20/67) in Warrington
23Gorse Covert Primary School77%13%Top 30% (20/67) in Warrington
24Moore Primary School77%10%Top 17% (8/49) in Halton
25St Joseph's Catholic Primary School77%10%Top 33% (22/67) in Warrington
26Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate75%15%Top 35% (23/67) in Warrington
27Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School75%11%Top 36% (24/67) in Warrington
28Alderman Bolton Primary School75%8%Top 38% (25/67) in Warrington
29Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School74%11%Top 39% (26/67) in Warrington
30Appleton Thorn Primary School74%10%Top 41% (27/67) in Warrington
31Croft Primary School73%21%Top 42% (28/67) in Warrington
32St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton73%3%Top 32% (31/99) in Wigan
33Grappenhall St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School72%17%Top 44% (29/67) in Warrington
34St Oswald's Catholic Primary School72%16%Top 45% (30/67) in Warrington
35Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School71%26%Top 37% (36/99) in Wigan
36Warrington St Ann's Church of England Primary Academy71%5%Top 47% (31/67) in Warrington
37St Elphin's Church of England Primary Academy71%5%Top 47% (31/67) in Warrington
38Stockton Heath Primary School70%10%Top 50% (33/67) in Warrington
39St Bridget's Catholic Primary School70%7%(34/67) in Warrington
40St Stephen's Catholic Primary School70%3%(35/67) in Warrington
41Bradshaw Primary School70%3%(35/67) in Warrington
42Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School69%9%(37/67) in Warrington
43Twiss Green Community Primary School68%10%(38/67) in Warrington
44Dallam Community Primary School68%10%(38/67) in Warrington
45All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan68%3%Top 46% (45/99) in Wigan
46St Andrew's CofE Primary School68%0%(40/67) in Warrington
47St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School67%13%Top 48% (47/99) in Wigan
48St Margaret's Church of England Primary School66%7%(41/67) in Warrington
49St Benedict's Catholic Primary School66%0%(42/67) in Warrington
50Callands Primary Academy65%8%(43/67) in Warrington
51St Vincent's Catholic Primary School65%6%(44/67) in Warrington
52Thelwall Community Junior School64%2%(45/67) in Warrington
53Bewsey Lodge Academy64%0%(46/67) in Warrington
54Lowton West Primary School63%10%(55/99) in Wigan
55St Thomas' CofE Primary School63%7%(47/67) in Warrington
56Winwick CofE Primary School62%21%(48/67) in Warrington
57Woolston Community Primary School62%6%(49/67) in Warrington
58St Monica's Catholic Primary School61%0%(50/67) in Warrington
59Broomfields Junior School60%6%(51/67) in Warrington
60St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School60%5%(52/67) in Warrington
61Birchwood CofE Primary School59%0%(53/67) in Warrington
62Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School57%5%(54/67) in Warrington
63Lowton Junior and Infant School56%9%(71/99) in Wigan
64Locking Stumps Community Primary School56%5%(56/67) in Warrington
65Brook Acre Community Primary School54%14%(57/67) in Warrington
66St Augustine's Catholic Primary School53%7%(58/67) in Warrington
67Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy52%17%(59/67) in Warrington
68Penketh South Community Primary School52%0%(60/67) in Warrington
69Latchford St James CofE Primary School52%0%(60/67) in Warrington
70St Alban's Catholic Primary School48%3%(62/67) in Warrington
71Newchurch Community Primary School47%6%(63/67) in Warrington
72Westbrook Old Hall Primary School44%2%(64/67) in Warrington
73Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School42%6%(65/67) in Warrington
74St Lewis Catholic Primary School40%0%(66/67) in Warrington
75Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School26%0%(67/67) in Warrington

Not ranked: The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School, Thelwall Infant School: no published figure for the newest year (DfE hides figures for small year groups), or no published results.

Ranked on 2025 KS2 results: the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths; the share reaching the higher standard breaks a tie. Each school's league rank is its place among its council's schools of the same phase with a figure that year; schools from several councils are listed by the same figure. England: 62%. A dash: no figure published for that school (DfE hides figures for small groups). Source: DfE, key stage 2 school performance tables, 2024/25; the same rank as the league tables (how it is worked out). Distances are as the crow flies.

Secondary schools (GCSE)

Warrington's own ranking

In WarringtonSchoolAttainment 8Grade 5+ English and mathsLeague rank
1King's Leadership Academy Warrington55.463%Top 17% (2/12) in Warrington
2Bridgewater High School55.060%Top 25% (3/12) in Warrington
3St Gregory's Catholic High School53.856%Top 34% (4/12) in Warrington
4Great Sankey High School49.950%Top 42% (5/12) in Warrington
5Lowton Church of England High School49.240%Top 32% (6/19) in Wigan
6Penketh High School47.748%Top 50% (6/12) in Warrington
7Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School46.345%(7/12) in Warrington
8Beamont Collegiate Academy45.947%(8/12) in Warrington
9Birchwood Community High School45.744%(9/12) in Warrington
10Golborne High School45.148%(12/19) in Wigan
11Culcheth High School45.147%(10/12) in Warrington
12Cardinal Newman Catholic High School45.142%(11/12) in Warrington
13Padgate Academy41.626%(12/12) in Warrington

Not ranked: Aldridge UTC Warrington: no published figure for the newest year (DfE hides figures for small year groups), or no published results.

Best ranked within 6 miles

SchoolTownFrom the centreAttainment 8Grade 5+ English and mathsLeague rank
Lymm High SchoolLymm5.6 miles58.571%1st (1/12) in Warrington
Wade Deacon High SchoolWidnes5.9 miles49.254%1st (1/8) in Halton
The Sutton AcademySt Helens6.2 miles45.546%Top 38% (3/8) in St. Helens
Hope AcademyNewton-le-Willows5.1 miles43.940%(5/8) in St. Helens
Sandymoor Ormiston AcademyRuncorn4.1 miles43.237%Top 25% (2/8) in Halton
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High SchoolWidnes6.1 miles39.935%Top 50% (4/8) in Halton
Ormiston Bolingbroke AcademyRuncorn5.8 miles37.031%(7/8) in Halton

Ranked on 2026 GCSE results: Attainment 8, the average grade across eight GCSEs; the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths breaks a tie. Each school's league rank is its place among its council's schools of the same phase with a figure that year; schools from several councils are listed by the same figure. England: 47.4. A dash: no figure published for that school (DfE hides figures for small groups). Source: DfE, key stage 4 school performance tables, 2025/26; the same rank as the league tables (how it is worked out). Distances are as the crow flies.

Sixth forms and colleges (A level)

Warrington's own ranking

In WarringtonSchoolPoints per A level entryValue addedLeague rank
1Great Sankey High School35.4+0.16(2/3) in Warrington
2Priestley College30.2-0.05(3/3) in Warrington

Best ranked within 6 miles

SchoolTownFrom the centrePoints per A level entryValue addedLeague rank
Lymm High SchoolLymm5.6 miles36.6-0.141st (1/3) in Warrington
Riverside College HaltonWidnes6.0 miles35.6+0.051st (1/2) in Halton
Ormiston Bolingbroke AcademyRuncorn5.8 miles25.2-0.51(2/2) in Halton
The Sutton AcademySt Helens6.2 miles23.3-0.93(5/5) in St. Helens

Ranked on 2025 A level results: average points per A level entry; value added breaks a tie. Each school's league rank is its place among its council's schools of the same phase with a figure that year; schools from several councils are listed by the same figure. England: 35.0. A dash: no figure published for that school (DfE hides figures for small groups). Source: DfE, 16 to 18 school and college performance tables, 2024/25; the same rank as the league tables (how it is worked out). Distances are as the crow flies.

Private schools (A level)

None in Warrington itself is ranked.

Best ranked within 12 miles

SchoolTownFrom the centrePoints per A level entryLeague rank
The Grange SchoolNorthwich10.0 miles45.4(3/4) in Cheshire West and Chester
Bridgewater SchoolManchester12.0 miles32.41st (1/1) in Salford

Ranked on 2025 A level results: average points per A level entry. Each school's league rank is its place among its council's schools of the same phase with a figure that year; schools from several councils are listed by the same figure. England (private schools): 43.0. A dash: no figure published for that school (DfE hides figures for small groups). Source: DfE, 16 to 18 school and college performance tables, 2024/25; the same rank as the league tables (how it is worked out). Distances are as the crow flies.

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League tables: Warrington Primary · Warrington GCSE · Wigan Primary · Wigan GCSE · Halton Primary · Halton GCSE · Cheshire West and Chester Primary · Cheshire West and Chester GCSE.

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