Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 5 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Warrington
Unique reference
144799
Address
Grammar School Road, Latchford, WA4 1JL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
861 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
23.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.1%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71.4%
Other White 6.9%
Chinese 6.5%
Mixed 4%
African 2.4%
Other 2.1%
Other Asian 1.7%
Unclassified 1.7%
Indian 1.4%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 46%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.9
Local authority average 48.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.08
Local authority average 4.33
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award33
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award7
TourismTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE51
BiologyGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE56
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE49
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
190
2nd preference
164
3rd preference
115
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
96
81
Year 8
177
88
89
Year 9
173
87
86
Year 10
166
87
79
Year 11
168
83
85
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
87.6%
85.5%
Further education
42.0%
32.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
0.0%
12.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
40.0%
42.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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