Woolston Brook School
Special schoolWoolston Brook School is a special school in Warrington, for pupils aged 7 to 16. It had 73 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 29 April 2025
- 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 Woolston Brook School was 11.4, against 48.7 in Warrington and 46.2 in England.
6.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 68% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 106 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Warrington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 11.4 | 48.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 6.3% | 49.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 12.5% | 68.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 16 | – | – |
- Woolston Brook School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- 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- Green Lane Community Special SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, February 202510 m
- Fox Wood Special SchoolSpecial. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met210 m
- Bruche AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 97% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)320 m
- King's Leadership Academy WarringtonSecondary. Standards maintained, February 2025. Attainment 8 of 55.4 (2025/26, provisional)540 m
- Woolston Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Kassia Academy and Support ServicesPupil referral and alternative provision. Good (overall), June 2024760 m
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).