Community special school
Warrington · WA1 4LS · Warrington
Ages 4–16
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenURN 111501
Woolston Brook School
Community special school · Warrington · WA1 4JL
Age range
Ages 7–16
Pupils
73
Local authority
Warrington
Age range
Ages 7–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 7–16, in Warrington, Warrington, 73 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 76.7%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 7–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 111501
Location
- Address
- Green Lane, Padgate, Green Lane, Padgate
- Postcode
- WA1 4JL
- Town
- Warrington
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Warrington
- District
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 73
- Boys / girls
- 63 / 10
- School capacity
- 80
- Capacity fill
- 73 / 80 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 76.7%
- FSM pupils
- 56
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Catherine Fowler
- Telephone
- 01925818549
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-04-29
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 3.5
- Progress 8
- -3.2
- English & maths grade 5+
- 0%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 0%
- EBacc entry
- 0%
- EBacc APS
- 0.2