Culcheth High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 16 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Warrington
Unique reference
111430
Address
Warrington Road, Culcheth, WA3 5HH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1178 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
2.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.6%
Persistent absence
21.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89%
Mixed 5.4%
Other White 2.8%
Indian 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Other 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.1
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.32
Local authority average 4.18
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE106
ChemistryGCSE56
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE36
Design & TechnologyGCSE56
English LanguageGCSE236
English LiteratureGCSE231
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE55
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Culcheth High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
237
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
237
2nd preference
124
3rd preference
88
From another Local Authority
193
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
225
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
74
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
238
127
111
Year 8
240
125
115
Year 9
236
116
120
Year 10
229
110
119
Year 11
235
117
118
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
85.7%
85.6%
Further education
11.0%
26.9%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
12.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
75.0%
46.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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