Bridgewater High School, Warrington

In 2026, pupils at Bridgewater High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.7 in Warrington and 47 across England.

60% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Warrington and 47% in England.

That is up from 51.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.2: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 40.3, against 57.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 292 families put Bridgewater High School as their first choice and 636 named it as one of their preferences, for 358 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bridgewater High School are Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.3); Cardinal Newman Catholic High School (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.1); Aldridge UTC Warrington (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 30.3); and St Gregory's Catholic High School (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.8).

Bridgewater High School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Bridgewater High School is one of 14 schools run by The Challenge Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.3 in 2024/25.

Of the 316 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 15% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 151 pupils (9%) received SEN support and 63 (3.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Bridgewater High School has a resourced provision (25 places, 25 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit for autism.

The nearest railway station is Warrington Bank Quay Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Broomfields Road (cnr), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bridgewater High School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 64 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Warrington (96).

In 2024/25, Bridgewater High School issued 149 suspensions, 8.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bridgewater High School are St Monica's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Broomfields Junior School (0.3 miles), The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School (0.3 miles) and St Thomas' CofE Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.