Aldridge UTC Warrington
University technical college · sixth form · 278 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 23.0
Academy sponsor led
Padgate Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 661of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 51.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 112
- Ofsted
- Good, 23 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: University Academy Warrington (URN 139072, until 1 December 2018).
What the data says
Padgate Academy has no sixth form. Of the 83 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 52% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.4 against 46.1 across England and 48.5 in Warrington, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Padgate Academy | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 83 | 2,547 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 42% | 13% |
| — further education college | 52% | 32% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Padgate Academy | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.4 | 48.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 69% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 41% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.50 | 4.34 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.0 | 35.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.3 | 52.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 26% | 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 | 114 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 65% |
| English Language | 112 | 100% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 55% |
| English Literature | 110 | 98% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 54% |
| Combined Science | 90 | 80% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 38% |
| Geography | 64 | 57% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 58% |
| Spanish | 49 | 44% | 19% | 4% | 27% | 49% |
| History | 45 | 40% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 51% |
| Religious Studies | 37 | 33% | 31% | 24% | 32% | 70% |
| Art and Design | 27 | 24% | 7% | 11% | 24% | 74% |
| Biology | 22 | 20% | 23% | 14% | 45% | 95% |
| Chemistry | 22 | 20% | 23% | 14% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 22 | 20% | 23% | 9% | 46% | 91% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 9% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 40% |
| Music | 8 | 7% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 88% |
| Turkish | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 34 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 4 | — | — |
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.