Birchwood School
Ainscough Road, Birchwood, WA3 7PW
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deb Chappel
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Warrington North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 35
- URN
- 148566
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01925202448
About this school
Birchwood School is an independent special school in Warrington. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 35 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Birchwood School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Birchwood School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in June 2021, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Birchwood 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 |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 38 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 35
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kassia Academy and Support Services1.0 miles
Academies · Warrington
-
Green Lane Community Special School1.3 miles
Special schools · Warrington
-
Woolston Brook School1.3 miles
Special schools · Warrington
-
Fox Wood Special School1.4 miles
Special schools · Warrington
-
Chaigeley School2.2 miles
Special schools · Warrington
Common questions
- What year groups does Birchwood School teach?
- Birchwood School teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Warrington.
- Who is the headteacher of Birchwood School?
- The headteacher of Birchwood School is Mrs Deb Chappel, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Birchwood School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Birchwood School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Birchwood School?
- Birchwood School has 35 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is Birchwood School full?
- Birchwood School has capacity for 80 pupils and 35 on roll (44%), 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 Birchwood School a faith school?
- No. Birchwood School has no designated religious character.
- What are Birchwood School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Birchwood 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 24 July 2026.