UK Schools
Penketh High School
Penketh High School is a mixed secondary academy in Warrington, Warrington Borough Council, teaching 1,058 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in February 2020. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 46.5 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 4 September 2025 to 21 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Penketh 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 Penketh High School.
- 4–30 Autumn Term (Part 1)
- 1–24 Autumn Term (Part 1)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3–30 Autumn Term (Part 2)
- 1–19 Autumn Term (Part 2)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5–31 Spring Term (Part 1)
- 1–13 Spring Term (Part 1)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23–28 Spring Term (Part 2)
- 1–31 Spring Term (Part 2)
- 1–2 Spring Term (Part 2)
- 3–17 Easter Holiday
- 20–30 Summer Term (Part 1)
- 1–22 Summer Term (Part 1)
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term (Part 2)
- 1–21 Summer Term (Part 2)
- 22–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–2 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term (Part 1) September 4, 2025 - October 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday October 27 - October 31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term (Part 2) November 3, 2025 - December 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (Part 1) January 5, 2026 - February 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday February 16 - February 20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (Part 2) February 23, 2026 - April 2, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday April 3, 2026 - April 17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Part 1) April 20, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Part 2) June 1, 2026 - July 21, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday July 22, 2026 - September 2, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Penketh High School with Warrington Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 46.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Warrington Borough Council England
Attendance 19.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Warrington Borough Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 93% 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 Penketh 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 Penketh 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.