UK Schools
Bridgewater High School
Bridgewater High School is a mixed secondary academy in Warrington, Warrington Borough Council, teaching 1,683 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in October 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 51.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 20 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Bridgewater High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Bridgewater High School.
- 1–2 Staff Training Days
- 3 Autumn Term Begins
- 24 Autumn Half Term Begins
- 3 Autumn Half Term Ends / Term Resumes
- 21 Staff Training Day
- 19 Autumn Term Ends / Christmas Holiday Begins
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday (approx two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms)
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday (approx two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms)
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Spring Term Begins
- 13 Spring Half Term Begins
- 23 Spring Half Term Ends / Term Resumes
- 2 Spring Term Ends / Easter Holiday Begins
- 3–19 Easter Holiday (approx two-week break between Spring and Summer terms)
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 20 Summer Term Begins
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 Summer Half Term Begins
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Half Term Ends / Term Resumes
- 3 Staff Training Day
- 20 Summer Holiday Begins
- 20–31 Summer Holiday (longest break, about six weeks)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (longest break, about six weeks)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1–2 Summer Holiday (longest break, about six weeks)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Days Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Begins Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Begins Oct 24, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term Ends / Term Resumes Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Nov 21, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Ends / Christmas Holiday Begins Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- Spring Term Begins Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Begins Feb 13, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Ends / Term Resumes Feb 23, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends / Easter Holiday Begins Apr 2, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Begins Apr 20, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Begins May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Ends / Term Resumes Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Jul 3, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Begins Jul 20, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday (approx two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms) Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday (approx two-week break between Spring and Summer terms) Apr 3-19, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (longest break, about six weeks) Jul 20 - Sep 2, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Bridgewater High School with Warrington Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 51.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Warrington Borough Council England
Attendance 15.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Warrington Borough Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 97% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Warrington Borough Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Bridgewater High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Bridgewater High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.