UTC Warrington
Dallam Lane, Warrington, WA2 7NG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ALDRIDGE EDUCATION
- Principal
- Mr Christopher Hatherall
- Sponsor
- Aldridge Education
- Constituency
- Warrington South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 620
- Pupils on roll
- 278
- URN
- 142899
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01925737067
About this school
UTC Warrington is a secondary school in Warrington. It teaches children aged 14 to 19 and has 278 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 85 | 105 | 92 |
| Attainment 8 score | 27.4 | 24.2 | 23.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.70 -2.00 to -1.39 | -1.82 -2.10 to -1.53 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 33% | 28.6% | 21.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
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 UTC Warrington 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 | 27.4 | 43.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 24.2 | 43 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 23 | 41.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 17.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 21.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 17.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 249 |
| 2023/24 | 270 |
| 2024/25 | 296 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How UTC Warrington compares
UTC Warrington ranked 13th of 13 secondary schools in Warrington for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 19% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 23 | 17.8% | 46.5% | 278 | — |
| Beamont Collegiate Academy | 45.8 | 9.4% | 44% | 890 | 1.1 miles |
| St Gregory's Catholic High School | 51 | 6.2% | 17.7% | 1,214 | 1.1 miles |
| Cardinal Newman Catholic High School | 41.9 | 9.4% | 30.5% | 808 | 1.4 miles |
| Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School | 46.1 | 8.5% | 36.2% | 879 | 1.5 miles |
| Padgate Academy | 39.4 | 8% | 50.6% | 661 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.52%
- English as an additional language
- 8.8%
- Overall absence
- 17.82%
- Persistent absence
- 48.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Beamont Collegiate Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Warrington
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St Gregory's Catholic High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Warrington
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Cardinal Newman Catholic High School1.4 miles
Secondary · Warrington
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Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Warrington
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Padgate Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Warrington
Other schools in Warrington
UTC Warrington ranks 14th of the 14 ranked secondary schools in Warrington.
- Beamont Collegiate Academy Secondary
- Birchwood Community High School Secondary
- Bridgewater High School Secondary
- Cardinal Newman Catholic High School Secondary
- Culcheth High School Secondary
- Golborne High School Secondary
- Great Sankey High School Secondary
- King's Leadership Academy Warrington Secondary
- Lowton Church of England High School Secondary
- Padgate Academy Secondary
- Penketh High School Secondary
- Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does UTC Warrington teach?
- UTC Warrington teaches children aged 14 to 19. It is a secondary school in Warrington.
- Who is the principal of UTC Warrington?
- The principal of UTC Warrington is Mr Christopher Hatherall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was UTC Warrington last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected UTC Warrington, 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 UTC Warrington?
- UTC Warrington has 278 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 19.
- Is UTC Warrington full?
- UTC Warrington has capacity for 620 pupils and 278 on roll (45%), 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 UTC Warrington a faith school?
- No. UTC Warrington has no designated religious character.
- Who runs UTC Warrington?
- UTC Warrington is part of ALDRIDGE EDUCATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have UTC Warrington's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 27.4 in 2022/23 and 23 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does UTC Warrington rank locally?
- UTC Warrington ranked 13th of 13 secondary schools in Warrington for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 19% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is UTC Warrington's absence rate?
- UTC Warrington's overall absence rate is 17.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are UTC Warrington's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, UTC Warrington'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 2 July 2026.