UK Schools
Great Sankey High School
Great Sankey High School is a mixed secondary academy in Warrington, Warrington Borough Council, teaching 2,051 pupils aged 11 to 18. Its last Ofsted inspection in March 2023 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 50.5 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Great Sankey High School.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Great Sankey High School.
- 2 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 3–30 Autumn Term (Part 1)
- 1–24 Autumn Term (Part 1)
- 25–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 1–2 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3–30 Autumn Term (Part 2)
- 1–19 Autumn Term (Part 2)
- 20–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–5 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 5 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 6–31 Spring Term (Part 1)
- 1–13 Spring Term (Part 1)
- 14–22 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23–28 Spring Term (Part 2)
- 1–31 Spring Term (Part 2)
- 1–2 Spring Term (Part 2)
- 3–19 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 20–30 Summer Term (Part 1)
- 1–22 Summer Term (Part 1)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 23–31 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term (Part 2)
- 1–17 Summer Term (Part 2)
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 20 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 21 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 22 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1–2 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term (Part 1) 3 September 2025 - 24 October 2025 Term
- Autumn Term (Part 2) 3 November 2025 - 19 December 2025 Term
- Spring Term (Part 1) 6 January 2026 - 13 February 2026 Term
- Spring Term (Part 2) 23 February 2026 - 2 April 2026 Term
- Summer Term (Part 1) 20 April 2026 - 22 May 2026 Term
- Summer Term (Part 2) 1 June 2026 - 17 July 2026 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday 25 October 2025 - 2 November 2025 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday 14 February 2026 - 22 February 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday 23 May 2026 - 31 May 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday 20 December 2025 - 5 January 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday 3 April 2026 - 19 April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday 18 July 2026 - 2 September 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) 2 September 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) 5 January 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) 20 July 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) 21 July 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) 22 July 2026 Inset Day
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) 1 January 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) 3 April 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) 6 April 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday 25 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday 31 August 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) 25 December 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) 26 December 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Great Sankey High School with Warrington Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 50.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Warrington Borough Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 35.35 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Warrington Borough Council England
Attendance 18.2% 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
What students do after 16 to 18 study 90% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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 Great Sankey 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 Great Sankey 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.