Padgate Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Warrington, Warrington Borough Council, teaching 661 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in May 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 39.4 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Padgate Academy.

Latest inspection
Good Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Academy First Section 5 · Inspected 23 May 2023 · Published 16 Jul 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 Padgate Academy.

Padgate Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term Starts Wednesday 3rd September 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Starts Friday 24th October 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term Resumes Monday 10th November 2025 Term
  • Autumn Term Ends Friday 19th December 2025 Term
  • Spring Term Starts Monday 5th January 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Starts Friday 13th February 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Resumes Monday 23rd February 2026 Term
  • Spring Term Ends Thursday 2nd April 2026 Term
  • Summer Term Starts Monday 20th April 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term Starts Friday 22nd May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Resumes Monday 1st June 2026 Term
  • Summer Term Ends Friday 24th July 2026 Term
  • Inset Day Monday 1st September 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Inset Day
  • Warrington Walking Day Friday 3rd July 2026 Event
  • Inset Day (Twilight) Monday 27th July 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day (Twilight) Tuesday 28th July 2026 Inset Day
  • May Day Bank Holiday Monday 4th May 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Holiday Wednesday 24th December 2025 - Friday 2nd January 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday Friday 3rd April 2026 - Friday 17th April 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Saturday 25th July 2026 - Tuesday 2nd September 2026 Holiday
  • New Year’s Day Thursday 1st January 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Friday 3rd April 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Monday 6th April 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday Monday 4th May 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25th May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Monday 31st August 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Friday 25th December 2026 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 2026 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
39.4 Attainment 8 England 46.1
29.5% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
25.7% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Padgate Academy with Warrington Borough Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 39.4 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 39.4
Warrington Borough Council 48.5 England 46.1 -6.7 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 29.5%
Warrington Borough Council 48% England 45.4% -15.9 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 35
Warrington Borough Council 35.2 England 34.9 in line with England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 7.3
Warrington Borough Council 17.1 England 15.5 -8.2 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 39.3%
Warrington Borough Council 21.9% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 112
Attendance 25.7% 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 25.7%
Warrington Borough Council 14.5% England 17.8% +7.9 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 8%
Warrington Borough Council 6.1% England 6.8% +1.3 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 83% 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 83%
Warrington Borough Council 93% England 92% -9 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 79%
Warrington Borough Council 81% England 83% -4 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 Padgate Academy. 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 Padgate Academy 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.