Penketh High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 26 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Warrington
Unique reference
145157
Address
Heath Road, Penketh, WA5 2BY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
966 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
14.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.1%
Persistent absence
23.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.2%
Chinese 6.1%
Mixed 3.2%
Other Asian 2.8%
Other White 2.1%
Unclassified 2%
Pakistani 1.2%
Other 1.1%
African 0.5%
Indian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 74%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.2
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.1
Local authority average 4.18
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
Sports StudiesTechnical Award25
TourismTechnical Award10
Art & DesignGCSE23
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE42
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
EconomicsGCSE20
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Penketh High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
218
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
208
2nd preference
219
3rd preference
159
From another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
196
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes25.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
222
118
104
Year 8
220
107
113
Year 9
203
97
106
Year 10
158
87
71
Year 11
163
87
76
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
85.7%
85.6%
Further education
56.0%
26.9%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
12.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
25.0%
46.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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