Lowton Church of England High School

Type Secondary / Foundation school
Age Range 11-16
Religion Church of England
Address Newton Road
Lowton
Warrington
Cheshire
WA3 1DU
Phone 01942767040
Reference Number 137783

General Makeup

Number of pupils 811
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.08%
Girls: 50.92%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 24%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 77 73 150
8 80 94 174
9 73 94 167
10 77 76 153
11 91 76 167

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83.1%
White, Other 3.5%
African 3%
Mixed, Other 2.2%
Chinese 1.6%
White & Black (African) 1.4%
White & Asian 1.1%
Asian, Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Indian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-05-26
Date Description Report
2023-03-21 School inspection: School inspection:
2022-07-19 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2021-03-02 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2020-11-24 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2019-06-25 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2018-06-05 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-12-13 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-01-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-02-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 36.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 53.1% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 164 16
Third Preference 78 0
From another Local Authority 6 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
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1.03 miles
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1.18 miles
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1.43 miles
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Leigh CofE Primary School
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1.98 miles
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Name Distance
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1.72 miles
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2.6 miles
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3.83 miles
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3.88 miles
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3.97 miles
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4.01 miles
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4.02 miles
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4.13 miles
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4.25 miles
Birchwood School
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4.27 miles
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