Bridgewater High School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Broomfields Road
Appleton
Warrington
Cheshire
WA4 3AE
Phone 01925263919
Reference Number 141598

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1655
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.72%
Girls: 48.28%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 11.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 10.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 182 166 348
8 164 165 329
9 181 148 329
10 172 157 329
11 157 163 320

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 84.5%
Chinese 5%
White, Other 2.8%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
Indian 1.1%
White & Asian 1%
Asian, Other 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
African 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Unclassified 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-11-22
Date Description Report
2022-10-11 School inspection: School inspection:
2014-12-01 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Bridgewater High School
2014-05-06 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2011-11-23 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-06-09 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-10-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-03-18 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2005-11-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-01-31 Full inspection Full inspection
2014-05-06 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2011-11-23 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-06-09 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-10-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-03-18 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2005-11-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-01-31 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 60.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 78.8% 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 179 25
Third Preference 87 3
From another Local Authority 42 21

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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0.84 miles
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