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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Warrington GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 13 state secondary schools in Warrington, 2,716 pupils. Warrington ranks 41 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.3 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
50.8%
3.0 pts above England
Grade 7+ English & maths
15.1%
0.4 pts above England
Attainment 8
49.5
1.9 points above England
Council rank
41 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Warrington at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Lymm High School (58.5).
- Schools range from 30.3 to 58.5 on Attainment 8, a spread of 28.2 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 37.6, 15.2 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Lymm High School (44.2).
- Most improved on 2025: UTC Warrington, up 7.3 points to 30.3.
Every Warrington secondary school, ranked
Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths
| # | School | Pupils | Attainment 8 | vs 2025 | Grade 4+ E&M | Grade 5+ E&M | Grade 7+ E&M | Disadvantaged A8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lymm High SchoolTop 10% three years running | 306 | 58.5 | −1.2 | 83.3% | 70.6% | 26.8% | 44.2 |
| 2 | King's Leadership Academy WarringtonTop 10% three years running | 150 | 55.4 | −0.6 | 83.3% | 62.7% | 19.3% | 43.4 |
| 3 | Bridgewater High School | 327 | 55.0 | +3.2 | 81.3% | 59.6% | 18.3% | 40.3 |
| 4 | St Gregory's Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic | 239 | 53.8 | +2.8 | 75.7% | 55.6% | 18.0% | 38.8 |
| 5 | Great Sankey High School | 374 | 49.9 | −0.6 | 73.8% | 49.7% | 15.5% | 38.9 |
| 6 | Penketh High School | 195 | 47.7 | +1.2 | 65.1% | 48.2% | 16.4% | 35.8 |
| 7 | Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High SchoolChurch of England | 170 | 46.3 | +0.2 | 59.4% | 44.7% | 13.5% | 36.5 |
| 8 | Beamont Collegiate Academy | 171 | 45.9 | +0.1 | 62.6% | 46.8% | 11.7% | 37.6 |
| 9 | Birchwood Community High School | 180 | 45.7 | −2.2 | 61.7% | 43.9% | 9.4% | 40.1 |
| 10 | Cardinal Newman Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic | 165 | 45.1 | +3.2 | 63.6% | 42.4% | 7.9% | 35.2 |
| 11 | Culcheth High School | 222 | 45.1 | −6.0 | 65.3% | 46.8% | 10.4% | 37.3 |
| 12 | Padgate Academy | 128 | 41.6 | +2.2 | 50.0% | 25.8% | 3.1% | 38.5 |
| 13 | UTC Warrington | 89 | 30.3 | +7.3 | 34.8% | 21.3% | 6.7% | 23.4 |
| England average | 47.6 | 66.8% | 47.8% | 14.7% | 37.7 |
Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.
Warrington against the rest of the North West
- Trafford65.7%
- Stockport52.9%
- Warrington50.8%
- Bolton47.9%
- Manchester46.4%
- Cheshire East46.1%
- Wirral46.0%
- Lancashire45.0%
- Cheshire West and Chester44.4%
- Blackburn with Darwen44.4%
- Tameside44.3%
- Salford44.2%
- Wigan44.1%
- Westmorland and Furness42.8%
- St. Helens41.9%
- Oldham41.4%
- Rochdale41.2%
- Sefton40.2%
- Bury39.6%
- Liverpool39.1%
- Blackpool37.1%
- Halton36.5%
- Cumberland34.0%
- Knowsley26.2%
Reading these figures
- Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
- There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
- These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
- Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.