Secondary
Birchwood Community High School
Brock Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7PT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 875 of 1050 places
- Local authority
- Warrington
- SEN provision
- Yes
- Trust
- ONE COMMUNITY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
43%
47.9
10th of 15 by our score, among the secondary schools in Warrington we can score - 16 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.35 |
| Entered the EBacc | 51% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 37% |
| 24/25 | 43% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.78 |
| 22/23 | -0.38 |
| 23/24 | -0.37 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.0 |
| 22/23 | 43.8 |
| 23/24 | 42.9 |
| 24/25 | 47.9 |
Brock Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7PT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Warrington admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Emma Mills
- Address
- Brock Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7PT
- Telephone
- 01925853500