Great Sankey High School is a secondary school located in Warrington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 20/09/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Barrow Hall Lane, Warrington, WA5 3AA
Website: http://www.greatsankey.org
Telephone: 01925724118
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Warrington
Headteacher / Principal: Mr John Shannon
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 139152

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 20/09/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1936
Number of Pupils: 2087
Number of Boys: 1083
Number of Girls: 1004

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.2 Confidence interval 0.05 to 0.35
Of the 296 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 289 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:25%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:54%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:51.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.38
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barrow Hall Community Primary School
Sophia Drive , Great Sankey WA5 3TX 		3out of 4 686 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Park Road Community Primary School
Wroxham Road , Great Sankey WA5 3EF 		3out of 4 731 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Walton Avenue , Penketh WA5 2AU 		3out of 4 1,280 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Chapelford Village Primary School
Santa Rosa Boulevard , Great Sankey WA5 3AL 		3out of 4 1,726 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Penketh Primary School
Coniston Avenue , Penketh WA5 2QY 		4out of 4 1,761 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Great Sankey High School
Barrow Hall Lane , Great Sankey WA5 3AA 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Penketh High School
Heath Road , Penketh WA5 2BY 		2out of 4 1,747 yd Academy converter - Mixed More About School
St Gregory's Catholic High School
Cromwell Avenue , Westbrook WA5 1HG 		2out of 4 3,107 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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