Woolston Brook School
Green Lane, Padgate, Warrington, WA1 4JL
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 7 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Catherine Fowler
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Warrington North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 73
- URN
- 111501
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01925818549
About this school
Woolston Brook School is a community special school in Warrington. It teaches children aged 7 to 16 and has 73 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | - | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | - | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - | 0% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.0 | 3.5 | 10.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.19 -2.91 to -1.48 | -3.16 -4.04 to -2.28 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Woolston Brook School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Warrington average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5 | 43.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 3.5 | 43 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 10.1 | 41.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 35.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 31.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58 |
| 2023/24 | 66 |
| 2024/25 | 69 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 72.46%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 31.78%
- Persistent absence
- 68.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Green Lane Community Special School0.0 miles
Special schools · Warrington
-
Fox Wood Special School0.1 miles
Special schools · Warrington
-
Kassia Academy and Support Services0.5 miles
Academies · Warrington
-
Birchwood School1.3 miles
Special schools
-
Chaigeley School1.7 miles
Special schools · Warrington
Other schools in Warrington
- Chaigeley School Special schools
- Fox Wood Special School Special schools
- Green Lane Community Special School Special schools
- Infinite Schools - Warrington Special schools
- Kassia Academy and Support Services Academies
- Willow Green CIO Other types
- Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest School Nursery
- Alderman Bolton Primary School Primary
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan Primary
- Appleton Thorn Primary School Primary
- Barrow Hall Community Primary School Primary
- Beamont Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woolston Brook School teach?
- Woolston Brook School teaches children aged 7 to 16. It is a special school in Warrington.
- Who is the headteacher of Woolston Brook School?
- The headteacher of Woolston Brook School is Ms Catherine Fowler, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woolston Brook School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woolston Brook School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Woolston Brook School?
- Woolston Brook School has 73 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 16.
- Is Woolston Brook School full?
- Woolston Brook School has capacity for 80 pupils and 73 on roll (91%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Woolston Brook School a faith school?
- No. Woolston Brook School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Woolston Brook School have?
- The schools register lists Woolston Brook School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Woolston Brook School's absence rate?
- Woolston Brook School's overall absence rate is 31.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woolston Brook School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woolston Brook School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.