King's Leadership Academy Warrington, Warrington

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to King's Leadership Academy Warrington from the Principal - Mr Umar Hussain Our mission is to ensure that all children succeed and achieve their full potential. It is a privilege to serve our community and we know it is our responsibility to help children develop into young leaders who will positively contribute to society."

In 2026, pupils at King's Leadership Academy Warrington averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.7 in Warrington and 47 across England.

63% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Warrington and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 56.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.5: pupils made well 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 43.4, against 57.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Spanish, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 226 families put King's Leadership Academy Warrington as their first choice and 420 named it as one of their preferences, for 165 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 62 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to King's Leadership Academy Warrington are Padgate Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 41.6); Birchwood Community High School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.7); Cardinal Newman Catholic High School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.1); and Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.3).

King's Leadership Academy Warrington's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

King's Leadership Academy Warrington is one of 8 schools run by The Great Schools Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.3 in 2024/25.

105 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about King's Leadership Academy Warrington (as of September 2025): 77% would recommend the school, 82% say their child is happy there and 48% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (95%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (48%).

Of the 143 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

13.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Padgate Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Barnfield Road (opposite), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood King's Leadership Academy Warrington stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 52 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Warrington (96).

King's Leadership Academy Warrington recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The primary schools closest to King's Leadership Academy Warrington are Woolston Community Primary School (0.2 miles), St Peter's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Woolston CofE Aided Primary School (0.2 miles) and Bruche Academy (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.