King's Leadership Academy Warrington
Hillock Lane, Warrington, WA1 4PF
804 pupils · 96% of 840 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE GREAT SCHOOLS TRUST
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.1%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 26 February 2025, published 2 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 56 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 64.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 88% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 96.7% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.37 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 165 | 226 | 420 | 165 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 164 | 211 | 373 | 164 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 165 | 219 | 445 | 165 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 165 | 223 | 456 | 165 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 159 | 240 | 459 | 159 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 160 | 230 | 482 | 160 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 150 | 183 | 416 | 150 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 144 | 202 | 432 | 144 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Padgate Academy 1.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Birchwood Community High School 1.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Cardinal Newman Catholic High School 2.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School 3.1 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Beamont Collegiate Academy 3.2 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- UTC Warrington 3.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.