Penketh 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 01/04/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.8%, which is 1.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Heath Road, Warrington

School Information

Address: Heath Road, Warrington, WA5 2BY
Website: www.penkethhigh.org
Telephone: 01925722298
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Warrington
Headteacher / Principal: Mr John Carlin
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 145157

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 01/04/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1200
Number of Pupils: 820
Number of Boys: 425
Number of Girls: 395

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.09 Confidence interval -0.29 to 0.11
Of the 161 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 152 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:68%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:43%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.05
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Great Sankey Primary School
Great Sankey Primary School , Liverpool Road WA5 1SB 		3out of 4 209 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Walton Avenue , Penketh WA5 2AU 		3out of 4 768 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Park Road Community Primary School
Wroxham Road , Great Sankey WA5 3EF 		3out of 4 1,102 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Penketh South Community Primary School
Finlay Avenue , Penketh WA5 2PN 		3out of 4 1,140 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
Finlay Avenue , Penketh WA5 2PN 		2out of 4 1,157 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Penketh High School
Heath Road , Penketh WA5 2BY 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter - Mixed More About School
Great Sankey High School
Barrow Hall Lane , Great Sankey WA5 3AA 		3out of 4 1,747 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Gregory's Catholic High School
Cromwell Avenue , Westbrook WA5 1HG 		2out of 4 1,968 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Warrington Hospital Unit Co Wards B10-11
Lovely Lane , Warrington NHS Trust Hospital WA5 1QG 		- not rated 2,770 yd Miscellaneous Not Applicable Not applicable More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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