Aldridge UTC Warrington
University technical college · sixth form · 278 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 23.0
Academy sponsor led
Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School
- Pupils on roll
- 879of 825 places
- Free school meals
- 40.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 167
- Ofsted
- Report card, 3 February 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School (URN 133672, until 5 May 2017).
What the data says
Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School has no sixth form. Of the 129 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 40% moved to a sixth form college, 42% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 40% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Warrington and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 129 | 2,547 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 40% | 42% | 13% |
| — further education college | 42% | 32% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.1 | 48.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 69% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 58% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.10 | 4.34 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 34% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.9 | 35.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.3 | 52.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 31% | 14% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 162 | 97% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 67% |
| English Language | 160 | 96% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 74% |
| English Literature | 157 | 94% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 75% |
| Religious Studies | 147 | 88% | 31% | 35% | 32% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 97 | 58% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 59% |
| Geography | 93 | 56% | 41% | 34% | 25% | 69% |
| History | 60 | 36% | 41% | 22% | 26% | 60% |
| French | 60 | 36% | 18% | 17% | 29% | 72% |
| Biology | 59 | 35% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 83% |
| Physics | 59 | 35% | 23% | 24% | 46% | 71% |
| Chemistry | 56 | 34% | 23% | 30% | 47% | 79% |
| Fine Art | 51 | 31% | 9% | 14% | 28% | 63% |
| Design and Technology | 49 | 29% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 59% |
| Spanish | 39 | 23% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 79% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 10% | 13% | 44% | 30% | 75% |
| Music | 13 | 8% | 5% | 8% | 33% | 38% |
| Statistics | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 37 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 33 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Tourism | 14 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 7 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Warrington
Beamont Collegiate Academy
Academy sponsor led · 890 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Birchwood Community High School
Academy converter · 875 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.9
Bridgewater High School
Academy converter · 1,683 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.8
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · 808 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9
Culcheth High School
Community school · 1,164 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.1
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.