Cardinal Newman Catholic High School

Secondary Maintained Warrington 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Good 📊 Attainment 8: 41.9

Cardinal Newman Catholic High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Warrington, Warrington Borough Council, teaching 808 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in November 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 41.9 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 8 holidays and 5 INSET days.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Cardinal Newman Catholic High School.

Latest inspection
Good Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
S5 Inspection · Inspected 15 Nov 2022 · Published 15 Jan 2023
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Cardinal Newman Catholic High School.

Cardinal Newman Catholic High School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 2 Inset Day (School closed for pupils)
  • 3 School reopens (All pupils in school)
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 24–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–3 Autumn Half Term
  • 28 Inset Day (School closed for pupils)
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19–31 Christmas Holiday
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–6 Christmas Holiday
  • 5 Inset Day (School closed for pupils)
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 13–23 February Half Term
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 2–20 Spring Holiday (Easter Break)
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday (School closed)
  • 22–31 Summer Half Term
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Summer Half Term
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 3 Inset Day (School closed for pupils)
  • 21 School closes for Summer Holidays
  • 22 Inset Day (School closed for pupils)
  • 22 Summer Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day (School closed for pupils) Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
  • School reopens (All pupils in school) Sep 3, 2025 Event
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 24, 2025 - Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
  • Inset Day (School closed for pupils) Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 - Jan 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day (School closed for pupils) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • February Half Term Feb 13, 2026 - Feb 23, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Holiday (Easter Break) Apr 2, 2026 - Apr 20, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday (School closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 22, 2026 - Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day (School closed for pupils) Jul 3, 2026 Inset Day
  • School closes for Summer Holidays Jul 21, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day (School closed for pupils) Jul 22, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday Jul 22, 2026 - Early Sep 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
41.9 Attainment 8 England 46.1
22.6% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
27.4% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Cardinal Newman Catholic High School with Warrington Borough Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 41.9 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Warrington Borough Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 41.9
Warrington Borough Council 48.5 England 46.1 -4.2 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 22.6%
Warrington Borough Council 48% England 45.4% -22.8 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 35.3
Warrington Borough Council 35.2 England 34.9 in line with England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 9.3
Warrington Borough Council 17.1 England 15.5 -6.2 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 29.3%
Warrington Borough Council 21.9% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 164
Attendance 27.4% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Warrington Borough Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 27.4%
Warrington Borough Council 14.5% England 17.8% +9.6 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 9.4%
Warrington Borough Council 6.1% England 6.8% +2.6 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 90% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Warrington Borough Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 90%
Warrington Borough Council 93% England 92% -2 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 74%
Warrington Borough Council 81% England 83% -9 vs 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 Cardinal Newman Catholic 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Cardinal Newman Catholic 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.