Lowton Church of England 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 requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 26/06/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Newton Road, Warrington, WA3 1DU
Website: http://www.lowtonhs.wigan.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01942767040
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Kieran Larkin
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137783

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 26/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 850
Number of Pupils: 737
Number of Boys: 385
Number of Girls: 352

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.17 Confidence interval -0.44 to 0.09
Of the 91 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 91 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:13%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:32%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.8
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School
Newton Road , Lowton WA3 1EW 		3out of 4 409 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Gilded Hollins Community School
St Helen's Road , WN7 3PQ 		3out of 4 573 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Lowton Junior and Infant School
Newton Road , Lowton WA3 2AW 		3out of 4 1,001 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton
Cranham Avenue , Lowton WA3 2PQ 		3out of 4 1,816 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Church Lane , Lowton WA3 2PW 		3out of 4 2,066 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lowton Church of England High School
Newton Road , Lowton WA3 1DU 		2out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Golborne High School
Lowton Road , Golborne WA3 3EL 		3out of 4 3,029 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Green Meadow Independent Primary School
Robson Way , WA3 2RD 		- not rated 1,234 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Expanse Learning (Expanse Group Ltd)
Leigh Sports Stadium, Sale Way , Leigh Sports Village WN7 4JY 		- not rated 2,062 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Holden School
First Lane , Leigh WN7 4SB 		- not rated 2,868 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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