Birchwood Community High School
Secondary schoolBirchwood Community High School is a secondary school in Warrington, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 875 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 December 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Birchwood Community High School was 45.7, against 48.7 in Warrington and 46.2 in England.
43.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.7 | 48.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43.9% | 49.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61.7% | 68.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 180 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Birchwood SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file410 m
- Locking Stumps Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2022. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- Birchwood CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- Kassia Academy and Support ServicesPupil referral and alternative provision. Good (overall), June 20241.4 km
- Woolston CofE Aided Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- King's Leadership Academy WarringtonSecondary. Standards maintained, February 2025. Attainment 8 of 55.4 (2025/26, provisional)1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Warrington
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).