Wargrave House School
449 Wargrave Road, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 8RS
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of Education
- Ms Julliet Doherty
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 74
- URN
- 134888
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01925224899
About this school
Wargrave House School is a special school in Newton-le-Willows. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 74 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wargrave House School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | 1.4 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | 0.1 |
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 Wargrave House 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64 |
| 2023/24 | 65 |
| 2024/25 | 76 |
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)
- 32.89%
- English as an additional language
- 3.9%
- Overall absence
- 11.84%
- Persistent absence
- 25.97%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Willow Bank School1.4 miles
Special schools · Newton-le-Willows
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Ascent Autism Specialist College2.5 miles
Other types · St Helens
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Pace2.8 miles
Local authority maintained schools · St Helens
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Lansbury Bridge School3.1 miles
Special schools · St Helens
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Mill Green School3.1 miles
Special schools · St Helens
Other schools in Newton-le-Willows
- Willow Bank School Special schools
- Lyme Community Primary School Primary
- Newton-le-Willows Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy Primary
- St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- The District CofE Primary School Primary
- Wargrave CofE Primary School Primary
- Hope Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Wargrave House School teach?
- Wargrave House School teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is a special school in Newton-le-Willows.
- Who is the head of education of Wargrave House School?
- The head of education of Wargrave House School is Ms Julliet Doherty, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wargrave House School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wargrave House 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 many pupils are at Wargrave House School?
- Wargrave House School has 74 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Wargrave House School full?
- Wargrave House School has capacity for 90 pupils and 74 on roll (82%), 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 Wargrave House School a faith school?
- No. Wargrave House School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Wargrave House School have?
- The schools register lists Wargrave House School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Wargrave House School's absence rate?
- Wargrave House School's overall absence rate is 11.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wargrave House School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wargrave House 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 13 August 2026.