King's Leadership Academy Warrington

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jul 11 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Warrington
Unique reference
138562
Address
Hillock Lane, Woolston, WA1 4PF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
789 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
11.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.8%
Persistent absence
8.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.1%
Chinese 7.5%
Unclassified 3.5%
Mixed 3%
Other White 1.1%
Pakistani 1%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
African 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.32
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 96%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.3
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.34
Local authority average 4.18
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award17
Sports StudiesTechnical Award47
Health StudiesTechnical Award48
Speech & DramaTechnical Award33
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
DanceGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE127
English LiteratureGCSE128
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King's Leadership Academy Warrington

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
219
2nd preference
120
3rd preference
105
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes26.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
170
91
79
Year 8
167
85
82
Year 9
158
87
71
Year 10
151
75
76
Year 11
143
61
82
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.6%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
28.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
15.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
63.0%
42.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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