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Great Sankey High School

Warrington, WA5 3AASecondaryAges 11–18MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Mar 2023
Progress 8
-0.32
Below average
−20+2
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
310 1st-choice / 337 places
Ranking
#2,283
of 3,141 nationally

About Great Sankey High School

Great Sankey High School holds a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in 2017, and a subsequent ungraded visit in 2023 confirmed the school remains Good. The most telling academic metric for this large Warrington secondary is its Progress 8 score of -0.32, which places it below the national average. That score means that, on average, pupils here achieve about a third of a grade less per subject across eight key GCSEs than students with similar starting points nationally. It is a similar story locally: the Warrington local authority average Progress 8 score is -0.29, so Great Sankey sits just a fraction below its neighbours. The school ranks 9th out of 13 secondary schools in the borough on this measure, placing it in the bottom half of local schools. In the North West region it ranks 286th out of 445, and nationally it sits in the 73rd percentile, meaning roughly a quarter of schools nationally perform worse on Progress 8.

Key Details

School TypeSecondary (State)
Age Range11 to 18 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressBarrow Hall Lane, Warrington, Warrington, WA5 3AA
HeadteacherGary Evans
Local AuthorityWarrington
Number of Pupils2,087
Free School Meals (FSM)10.2%
School Capacity2,087 / 2,175 (96% full)
Sixth FormYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

29 Mar 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Sixth Form Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (29 Mar 2023): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 17 Oct 2017. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Facilities

9
Sixth Form CentreDining HallGymnasiumTennis CourtsAstro TurfPlaying FieldsICT SuiteArt StudiosChapel

Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.

Extracurriculars

20

Sports

NetballDanceFootballBasketballGymnasticsBadmintonRugbyCross CountryRoundersCricket

Clubs & Activities

Young EnterpriseChessArt ClubBook ClubDuke of EdinburghGardeningScience ClubChoirOrchestraModel United Nations

Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingVisionPhysicalLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:20 – 15:15

Source: greatsankey.org. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Great Sankey High School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.