SCHOOL PROFILE

Padgate Academy: data, trends and context

Padgate Academy is a secondary school in Warrington. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
146765
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Warrington
Region
North West
Trust
THE CHALLENGE ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
WA2 0LN
Gender intake
Mixed
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
661
FSM eligible
51.0%
EAL / First language other than English
22.4%
SEND (total)
27.8%
SEN Support
20.1%
EHCP
7.7%
White British
71.0%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.0%
Overall absence
8.0%
Persistent absence
25.7%
Severe absence
2.5%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
WarringtonLocal authority92.1%7.9%3.0%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
16.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.16%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
39.4
English & maths grade 5+
29.5%
English & maths grade 4+
57.1%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Padgate Academy is a secondary school in Warrington. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.